The Black Stars of Ghana suffered a heavy 4-1 defeat to Japan in the 2022 Kirin Cup four-nation invitational tournament on Friday.
Despite parading the likes of Andre and Jordan Ayew, Mubarak Wakaso, Daniel Amartey and Kudus Mohammed, Felix Afena-Gyan the Black Stars could not withstand the fire power of the hosts.
Otto Addo’s side have won just one of their nine games in 2022.
Miki Yamane opened scoring for Japan in the 29th minute before Jordan equalized for the Black Stars in the 44th minute.
One minute of added time in the first half Japan went 2-1 up thanks to Kaoru Mitoma.
In the 73rd minute Takefuso Kubo got Japan’s third before Daizen Maeda added the fourth in the 82nd minute.
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In the other game, the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia defeated Chile 2-0 and will meet Japan in the final.
The third-placed match is between Ghana and Chile on Tuesday, 14 June.
Ghana qualified for this year’s FIFA World Cup for the fourth time after edging bitter rivals the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
They are drawn in Group H with Portugal, two-time World Cup winners Uruguay, and South Korea.
Tunisia will be making their sixth appearance at the World Cup and will face World Cup champions France and Denmark as well as a yet-to-be-known opponent.
The Kirin Cup is a football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition.
The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which national teams and clubs participated in), and was last held in its full form in 2016.
From 1992 onwards, the format was changed to a round robin national team competition. The first nation to win the competition was Argentina.
Japan are the tournament’s most successful team with eleven titles, followed by Peru with three titles. As of 2016, the current cup holders are Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Japan hammered us and we ll come home and VENT our anger on our wives the BABE EAGLES hahaha
We are coming very soon to molest our wives aka the BAE EAGLES
The big for nothing NIGERIA hahah
And we did this to them
https://youtu.be/7fuC_b74148
And the BOKOM thugs did this to their own staduim haha
https://youtu.be/_W0lm5zYo9A
OH Ghana, please don’t disgrace afraica at the world cup oo….if you not ready just up now and let Africa replace you…..common Japan u no fit beat…tueh
Royal Ghana!! We are the most successful AFRICA nation in the wc
We have more records at the wc than ZOOGERIA who has qualified 6 times haha
We are going to the greatest human theatre on earth whiles our WIVES, the babe eagles stay home to roost hahaha
Ghana will win the wc for AFRICA!!
But I think Nigeria is slightly more successful than Ghana in Fifa competitions and Olympics across under 17, under 20, under 23 and the senior league. What do you think?
Senior fifa tournament
Nigeria 6 appearances
Best result ——- second round
Fifa unde 20
Runners-up (1989, 2005)
Fifa under 17
Several times
Ghana
4 appearances
Ghana senior fifa wc
Best result
Second round exit 2006
Quarter finalists 2010
Fifa under 20
Champions 2009
Champions 2009, Runner-up, 1993, 2001
Under 17
Has won it several times too
There’s no African nation that has won FIFA organized tournaments than Ghana not even Nigeria!!
The only thing we haven’t won yet is the senior fifa wc itself!!
Ghana beats Nigeria when it comes to FIFA TOURNAMENTS!!
Factually incorrect, Nigeria has 5 U-17 World Cup titles. Get your facts right at least. Nigeria has Olympic Gold too, Ghana has none. In clinching that historic Gold medal, they beat Argentina (with Crespo, Oterga e.t.c) and Brazil (with Ronaldo, Bebeto, Roberto Carlos, Santos Aldir e.t.c).
Ghana is only successful because of the easier path they followed in 2010. Ghana has never beaten any strong side at the World Cup. Below are Ghana stats:
2006
1. Ghana 0-2 Italy
2. Ghana 2-0 Czech
3. Ghana 2-1 USA
4. Ghana 0-3 Brazil
2010
5. Ghana 1-0 Serbia
6. Ghana 1-1 Australia
7. Ghana 0-1 Germany
8. Ghana 2-1 USA
9. Ghana 1-1 Uruguay (Uruguay win by penalties)
2014
10. Ghana 2-3 USA
11. Ghana 2-2 Germany
12. Ghana 1-2 Portugal
Ghana has never beaten any top team at the World Cup.
Nigeria topped a group that had Argentina in 1994 World Cup and beat SPAIN at France 1998. In 1995, Super Eagles were ranked 5th in Wolrd, the highest ranking of any African – till date.
Ghana may have an edge over Nigeria in terms of head-to-head but that’s about it. Nothing more!
Czech Republic was the second best team on fifa ranking and one of the favorites to clinch the worldcup when Ghana beats them!!
They have PAVEL NEVDAD, thr legendarily midfielder in that team
Brazil 839 Brazil 837 Brazil 837 Brazil 830 Brazil 827 Brazil 1630 Brazil 1649 Brazil 1574 Brazil 1560 Brazil 1588
2 Cze 796 Cze 793 Cze 789 Cze 779 Cze 772 Ita 1550 Ita 1550 Fra 1534
Check it …..
This is the legendarily Czech squad
Petr. CECH. Goalkeeper.
Zdenek. GRYGERA. Defender.
Pavel. MARES. Defender.
Tomas. GALASEK. Midfield.
Radoslav. KOVAC. Midfield.
Marek. JANKULOVSKI. Defender.
Libor. SIONKO. Forward.
Karel. POBORSKY. Midfield.
They even have poborsky in
Okay Selfmade, join me in this little friendly game. Across all levels of Fifa and Olympic games competitions, let’s assign 3 points for the quality of medals won by Nigeria and Ghana. Let’s then assign 1 point for the quantity of medals so, for example, 5 golds and 1 silver gives Nigeria 3 points while 7 bronze in the same category gives Ghana 1 point.
Do you get it?
At the end, we will count all the points across all the competitions to see who accumulates the most. This is just a lighthearted exercise.
Acronym:
g is for Gold.
s is for Silver.
b is for Bronze.
1, Under-17 World Cup
Ghana : 2g, 2s, 1b
Nigeria : 5g, 3s
Nigeria:
Quality = 3 points
Quantity = 1 point
Total = 4 points.
Ghana:
Quality = 0 point
Quantity = 0 point
Total = 0 point.
Summary: Nigeria has more medals overall and even has more gold medals hence maximum 4 points.
2, Under-20 World Cup
Ghana : 1g, 2s, 0b
Nigeria : 0g, 2s, 1b.
Nigeria:
Quality = 0 points
Quantity = 1 point
Total = 1 point.
Ghana:
Quality = 3 point
Quantity = 1 point
Total = 4 points
Summary: Both Ghana and Nigeria have an equal amount of medals which is 3 each. Ghana however has 3 points for their gold medal.
3, Under-23 (Olympics)
Ghana : 0g, 0s, 1b
Nigeria : 1g, 1s, 1b.
Nigeria:
Quality = 3 points
Quantity = 1 point
Total = 4 points.
Ghana:
Quality = 0 point
Quantity = 0 point
Total = 0 points
Summary: Nigeria has more medals overall and even has gold and silver medals hence maximum 4 points.
4, Senior National Team World Cup
Quarter final (G)
Second Round (S)
Group Stages (B)
Ghana : 1g, 1s, 1b
Nigeria : 0g, 3s, 3b.
Nigeria:
Quality = 0 points
Quantity = 1 point
Total = 1 point.
Ghana:
Quality = 3 point
Quantity = 0 point
Total = 3 points
Summary: Nigeria has more second round and group stage appearances but Ghana’s quarter final is admittedly the crown jewels.
Grand Total
Nigeria: 10 points.
Ghana: 7 points.
**Nigeria wins.**
Senior fifa tournament
Nigeria 6 appearances
Best result ——- second round
Fifa unde 20
Runners-up (1989, 2005)
Fifa under 17
Several times
Ghana
4 appearances
Ghana senior fifa wc
Best result
Second round exit 2006
Quarter finalists 2010
Fifa under 20
Champions 2009
Champions 2009, Runner-up, 1993, 2001
Under 17
Has won it several times too
There’s no African nation that has won FIFA organized tournaments than Ghana not even Nigeria!!
The only thing we haven’t won yet is the senior fifa wc itself!!
Ghana beats Nigeria when it comes to FIFA TOURNAMENTS!!
Even with women football, I know Nigeria I beat Ghana to it but guess what Ghana is the first African country to have won a FIFA MEDAL in women football when our under 17 picked up BRONZE!!
We beat every AFRICA country when it comes to fifa MEDALS!! That’s a fact
I don’t think your statement is accurate. Nigeria has won 11 gold, silver and bronze medals in Fifa competitions compared to Ghana’s 8.
In Olympics, Nigeria has 3 medals compared to Ghana’s 1.
In Women’s, Nigeria has 2 under 20 silvers compared to Ghana’s 1 Under-17 bronze.
When it comes to quantity of medals in Fifa competitions, Nigeria wins. The numbers are there for all to see.
When it comes to quantity in senior world cup, Nigeria wins with 6 overall appearances and 3 knockout phase appearances.
WHEN IT COMES TO QUALITY, I AGREE, GHANA’S QUARTER FINAL FEAT IS UNDENIABLE.
Olympics isn’t a fifa organized tournament lol
Get ur facts right!! Olympics is orgajnsied by the Olympics committee and fifa doesn’t have an exclusive right to it!!
This is a fact
Okay, I agree with you: Olympics is not FIFA tournament.
So, let us treat Olympics separately and independently, Nigeria is better accomplished than Ghana in Olympic football (as a non-Fifa organised tournament).
Would you not agree?
I agreed but ghana was the first AFRICA country to have won an Olympic FOOTBALL medal
Ghana was the first black nation one earth to win an Olympic bronze medal before eve Brazil and we paved the way for Nigeria and Cameroon to win gold
But u beat us in the olympics lol
Selfmade, Thanks for agreeing with me that Nigeria has performed better than Ghana in Olympic men’s football.
But yes, you are right, Ghana was the first African team to win an Olympic medal just like Nigeria started going to the world cup far earlier than Ghana.
This @selfmade lives in Delusion! Outside Nigeria who has been to the senior WC 6 times, the only team that beats that record in Africa is Cameroon who have been there 7 times and were the first team to get to the Quarter finals, as far back as 1990, when Ghana were yet to even dream of getting to the world cup.
So how does a Ghana that has only been to World cup 3 times, their first in the 21st century in 2006 now claim to be the best in Africa. Even Senegal got to the Quarter in their first outing in 2002, evem before Ghana could get there.
Your team is ranked 61st by FIFA and it showed by the 4-1 thrashing by even lowly Japan. Yet you claim you will win a world cup where there would be England, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Brazil. Some one is deluded or probably suffering from Bipolar Disorder.
We aren’t talking about appearances!!
We are talking about their end results at their numerous appearances!!
Dispute my facts with hard facts!
Ghana has won more fifa medals than both Nigeria and Cameroon!! Fact
From Under-17 to Under-23 football, Ghana has won a total of 9 gold, silver and bronze medals whereas Nigeria has won 14.
– Nigeria wins.
In total, Nigeria has reached the knockout stages of the senior world cup 3 times and has participated in 6 world cups. Ghana currently has attended 3 world cups with 2 knockout phase accomplishments.
Objectively, there can be no denying that their singular quarter final accomplishment puts Ghana among the pantheon of elite African countries who have traversed that far in the tournament’s history. Nigeria sadly remains outside that bloc.
Do u understand the argument at all
We are talking about fifa organized tournaments
Ghana has won more than Nigeria
Has Nigeria won the fifa under 20? No
Does Nigeria with its 6 appearances at the wc has better records than Ghana? No
With six appearances, ur best result is 2 second round exists whiles Ghana with 3 appearances has one second round and one quarter finals! Comparatively, Ghana has a better results than Nigeria with its 6 appearances!
Now, Nigeria has won the fifa under 17 several times and that’s the only fifa winning medal they have!!
Ghana has won BOTH THE FIFA UNDER 17 and fifa under 20 ? Has Nigeria don’t that yet? No
So Ghana beats Nigeria to fifa organized tournaments in all competitions from under 17 to under 20!
Is this hard to understand?
Selfmade, I get the angle you are coming from. So, to summarize your points:
1) Ghana has gold in both Under 17 and under 20 whereas Nigeria has gold in just Under20. Top marks brother,you are on point.
2) Ghana has gone farther than Nigeria at the senior men’s world cup. Again, you are bang on the money. You made 2 very valid points which I am in total agreement.
Now, what I am saying is this:
1) Nigeria has more gold, silver and bronze in Under17 and Under20 combined compared to Ghana. Do you agree?
2) Nigeria has performed far better than than Ghana in Olympic football (which admittedly is non-Fifa organised). Do you agree?
3) Nigeria’s women has racked up more medals than Ghana’s women in FIFA organised tournaments. Do you agree?
4) Despite not reaching the quarter final, Nigeria has participated in more senior men’s fifa world cup than Ghana Do you agree?
5) In the senior men’s world cup, Nigeria has navigated the group stages successfully more times than Ghana. Do you agree?
Brother, Ghana has done well in international football, Nigeria has done well too. Ghana admittedly has done better than Ghana in certain area while Nigeria as well has done better than Ghana in certain areas.
So, what is the fuss?
Correction:
1) Ghana has gold in both Under 17 and under 20 whereas Nigeria has gold in just Under-17. Top marks brother,you are on point.
Ghana Chop wotowoto Ghana Chop Wotowoto.. lol!!.. una go go worldwide dem go use una for banku wotowoto pepper soup lol!
@Selfmade no come hear dey form football knowledge o. Peops wey dey here we get football knowledge full ground o.
@ Deo don’t worry yourself about Ghana, they don’t respect Nigeria at all, leave them God deal with arrogance people. Their government dealing with them now seriously. They like cheating, that is why they complain not when they have being cheated, they lack smartness
Lol!!
Ghana wouldn’t have qualified for the world cup had they met a different team in the final playoffs.
Nigeria would have qualified had they met a team other than Ghana in the final playoffs.
Ghana only depends on juju
Ghana no dey shame o especially this selfmade dude. They played Nigeria that was missing their 2 most in form midfielders. Iwobi and Ndidi.
They still used their Banku legs to injure 2 of our midfielders, Bonke in the first leg and Onyeka in the second leg, Nigeria had to play with a defender and a half fit Etebo in the midfield, still they could only pick a draw in both legs. That draw is like a win to them. Thanks to the silly away goal rule.
Ghana would be disgraced at the world cup. We’ll all be here watching.
A team that last won a trophy in 1982, over 40 years ago still dey get mouth talk? World cup quarter final na trophy?
A nation that recently eliminated Nigeria and qualified to the wc!!
Stop hating
Ghana is the most useless country in the world full of hatred
yeye Ghana
Ur starving family ll fight over a bowl of BANKU
U shitty vagabond hahaha
This Ghana team is going know where in the world cup that team is not good, Nigeria have not lost any games in intranational level with our full team not home base
Big shame.
Ordinary Japan. No wonder ghana can’t beat ordinary Centre Africa Republic.
Zaire’s score card at the 1974 FIFA World cup:
Zaire vs Scotland 0-2
Zaire vs Yugoslavia 0-9
Zaire vs Brazil 0-3
Please, oh, Ghana, don’t go and disgrace Africa in Qatar!
Bet against Ghana then
Why are you all arguing with Dr dry pretending to be self made
Why the need for hatred between Nigeria and Ghana, when we clearly know we’re horsepower of westafrica. We should try giving ourselves respect and we being defeated by Ghana doesn’t mean anything. We need to work on ourselves so much and also praise Ghana as well.. They’re going out there to represent us , Africa as a whole. We need to stand up for our fellow brothers assist them , also try pointing out things they got not to notice in there defeat against Japan. Mr Selfmade King please also try as much as possible to hold your peace, even if you won the whole Laurel you shouldn’t behave in this like manner, I deeply love you, let peace reign. I don’t need to stress that we all are matured to know that we’re one and there win is also our happiness in the global stage instead of coming in contrary to another. Thank you
Ghana deliberately played poorly to confuse their group opponents at the World Cup who were watching. It was all strategic
A strategy that has worked in the past remember their 2010 preparations