There is a long list of legendary footballers who have never tasted the joy of playing in the world cup. Abedi Pele, Kwesi Appiah, Anthony Yeboah, Ahmed Hassan, Hossam Hassan of Egypt and George Weah all fall in this list. If Ghana beats Egypt, Mohamed Aboutrika will join this unfortunate list. With 90 minutes or more to know who eventually makes it to Brazil 2014, Newaccra’s football lover, Senam, puts together four interesting things we must all know about this game:
Majority of the Pharaohs players have won the African cup of nations an unprecedented three times but have never played at the world cup.Majority of the Black Stars players have played in the World Cup at least once but have never won the African cup!
2. Bob 'Ghana Ba' Bradley
Any time I hear Egypt coach Bob Bradley and Ghana, it reminds me of Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho. Arsenal fans will hate me for this but 9 matches between them and no win for Arsene Wenger. Bob is gradually showing that he certainly doesn’t have a solution when Ghana is involved. After three matches and still no win for Bob, a draw will certainly put a smile on his face.
3. VICKILEAKS
Do you know why there isn’t so much noise about this game? It's because most Ghanaians were too shocked to talk when a not-so-secret tape revealed that the black stars were walking home with GHC30, 000 from winning just their first game against Egypt. After recovering from that shock, Ghanaians have now been sent into a deadly coma by the 2 million Ghana cedis that Emirates Airlines has promised to the Pharaohs if they beat Ghana.
It is very simple to understand why. If you are employed in Ghana and you save 200 GHC from your monthly salary, it will take you 50 years to raise the amount each Egyptian player will take home if they beat Ghana (120 thousand GHC).You will probably be close to your grave before you finish saving that kind of money!
Ever since this gargantuan package was announced, we have seen footballers on the beaches in Accra training harder, some of them have even already applied for Egyptian nationality!
It is very simple to understand why. If you are employed in Ghana and you save 200 GHC from your monthly salary, it will take you 50 years to raise the amount each Egyptian player will take home if they beat Ghana (120 thousand GHC).You will probably be close to your grave before you finish saving that kind of money!
Ever since this gargantuan package was announced, we have seen footballers on the beaches in Accra training harder, some of them have even already applied for Egyptian nationality!
Bonus - Sweet Revenge
In January 2010, Ghana was so close to winning our first African cup since 1982. Egypt denied us that chance. We were devastated. We cried. We went home. Now, we are here to get our share of the cake and to make sure they watch us on TV bring back the first ever world cup to African soil! After all, this is Ghana! If we can’t do it, then it can’t be done! And when we defeat Egypt, they will take it easy. After all Ghana’s first prime minister married an Egyptian woman! And some of us won’t mind a sweet Egyptian lover either. It’s all love between us!
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