The stage is set today as the Black stars of Ghana take on the Samba boys of Brazil. The match, set to kick off at 1600 hours GMT, is the 7th game in the round of 16. All around the world soccer lovers are predicting a match full of fireworks. The Ghanaian team are making their debut at the world cup and whatever happens today will be happening to them for the first time. A first time for them to: get to the World Cup, qualify for the second round and hopefully get to the round of eight. As for Brazil, the defending champions, they have seen it all and are expected to win this encounter. All the pressure will be on them, the Brazilians, as an upset by the Black stars a possibility. Playing without their captain, Michael Essien, the Ghanaian side have got to have something much more than they have shown in their previous matches. The clock is ticking, the teams are getting ready, the tension is building and the world is watching. Here in Lagos, you can almost touch the tension as the seconds edge closer.
Will the Black stars create the biggest upset in the history of the World Cup? Or will Brazil prove, yet again, that they are the greatest soccer nation in the world. Only time will tell.
Let’s be realistic the world cup is not for small boys, let them come home take lessons from their fathers. Nigeria, Cameroun and Senegal, before they venture out into the wild