'Ghana still has World Cup chance'

Football 

Ghana coach Avram Grant has refused to write off the Black Stars’ chances of making a fourth successive World Cup appearance.

This, despite trailing Egypt with five points in the qualifying group. The Israeli tasted a first defeat in 21 months and only his third in charge of Ghana as a strike each from Mohammed Salah and Abdalla El Said sunk the west Africans in Alexandria.

Ghana are yet to get off the mark in the World Cup qualifiers as they continue to struggle for form. They've gone five games without a win but the Israeli is defiant. ''I can tell you one thing, first we have African Cup before, so we will do everything in African
Cup. We showed today that we are a good team but we will fight till the end,’’ Grant said.

''Anything is possible in football. Now Egypt is leading Uganda with four points and we have one point. Twelve points to go, everything could happen in football and we will not give up until the last moment.''
Grant also had kind words for his players. "I'm proud and happy of my players' performance. We dominated the game until the penalty," Grant said. "Fan existence wasn't a source of worry for us and the atmosphere was great. We had the possession but finally football is a game of result.


''As you saw the players, they were fighting and fighting until the end.''
The team now have the Afcon 2017 in sight before the qualifiers continue in August with a tie against Congo.