Izuchukwu OkosiAjax midfielder Mohammed Kudus scored twice to help Ghana beat South Korea 3-2 in a World Cup Group H thriller at a rocking Education City Stadium on Monday afternoon keeping the Black Stars in contention for a place in the last 16.
The Ghanaians were beaten 3-2 by Portugal in their first group game and needed a win desperately if they are to remain in the tournament.
South Korea came roaring back, however, with two daring Cho Gue-sung headers three minutes apart to level the seesaw match.
Kudus grabbed the winner in the 68th minute when he was left unmarked in the penalty area and slotted home past a diving Kim Seung-gyu.
Ghana, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament at 61st, joined Portugal at the top of the group standings on three points with Uruguay and South Korea on one. Portugal and Uruguay play later on Monday.
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Former England international Clinton Morrison while speaking on the BBC World Service in the game noted that Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew was the player who made the difference in the win over Serbia.
“Everything went through him in the game. He ran the show. I am really impressed by the quality of the game we just finished watching.”
Ghana will play Uruguay on Friday in their final group game.
The match is a repeat if the quarterfinals clash of the 2010 fifa World Cup where Luis Suarez denied a goal bound shot with his hand before Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan fired his penalty over the bar to deny the Black Stars a place in the semifinals of the tournament.
Ghana qualified for the 2022 World Cup at the expense of Nigeria on the away goals rule after a goalless draw on Kumasi and a 1-1 draw in Abuja back in March 2022.
The Ghanaians were absent at the last World Cup in Russia four years ago.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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