World Cup Game #50

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The game had barely begun when Boateng scored a brilliant individual goal to put Ghana 1-0 up. The US, although clearly rocked, took the game to Ghana but lacked a real finisher for a lot of the moves. Ghana, to their credit didn't put up shop either, and so the game turned into an exciting contest for long periods of time. The US eventually drew level to a Donovan penalty but apart from that, Kingson, the Ghanaian keeper, saved everything the Americans fired at him, long range or short. This meant it was 1-1 at full-time so extra time was needed. In an almost exact copy of the opening minutes, the Ghanaians scored through another wonderful individual effort, this time from Gyan. The US hammered forward after this and put the Ghanaians under immense pressure but Kingson saved everything that came near him. The game finished 2-1 to Ghana at the end of extra time, putting Ghana through to a quarter final against Uruguay.