Former Black Stars assistant coach, Maxwell Konadu has provided his analysis of Ghana’s loss to Portugal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
On Thursday, the Black Stars fought valiantly in their matchup with the 2016 European Champions.
Portugal’s opening match of the competition in Group H unfortunately resulted in a 3-2 victory over Ghana.
Coach Maxwell Konadu said in an interview with Akoma FM that he thought the outcome would have been different had the Black Stars played more bravely and with more openness.
According to him, the second-half substitution of star attacker Mohammed Kudus did not help matters.
“We should have opened up the game after finding the equalizer. For me, changing Kudus was a bit wrong but probably the coach might have had a special reason why he did that, I can only imagine it was due to the yellow card he picked up.
“Kudus was on top of his game and we should have kept him for a while in my opinion. But maybe the coaches will give us some better explanation as to why they made those substitutions,” coach Maxwell Konadu said.
After the defeat to Portugal, Ghana now turns its attention to the second match against South Korea on Monday, November 28.