It's 3 am and I am unable to sleep🥹 I'm thinking of a loved one. I'm not even upset they keep erring me. i'm genuinely concerned whether they're okay.. But then again i don't know what to do, pray? maybe i should do that actually..
Ghana put England supporters to sleep: 'As soon as the final whistle blew there was a mass exodus and everyone just went home...' said the
GB News National Reporter from Manchester. 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇭🏴
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As an ordinary Ghanaian fan, I’m genuinely frustrated after that game against England.
From the first whistle, it already felt like the match was being officiated with two different standards. Ghana players were battling, competing, putting their bodies on the line, yet every 50-50 seemed to go England’s way. Meanwhile, similar or even lighter contact on Ghana players was waved away.
What really hurts is the inconsistency. If the referee wants to allow physicality, then fine—but let it be for both sides. England players went down and got free kicks almost instantly, but Ghana had to survive clear contact just to keep the game flowing. That imbalance builds frustration and slowly kills momentum.
And then the penalty incident… honestly, that is the moment that defines the entire feeling of the match. For Ghana, that was not just a “maybe” decision—it looked like a clear opportunity that should have been at least reviewed properly and strongly considered. When VAR stays silent in moments like that, especially against a stronger nation, it feels even worse. It leaves the impression that Ghana needed something extraordinary just to get a fair call.
What makes it more painful is that Ghana did not come to sit back and complain. The team worked extremely hard. They pressed, they defended bravely, and they made England uncomfortable at times. But instead of the match being decided purely by football, it felt like the whistle kept interrupting Ghana’s rhythm at key moments.
At the end of the day, England are a strong side and Ghana respects that—but Ghana also deserved fairness. And in this match, many Ghana fans will honestly feel that fairness was missing.
We can accept losing a football battle. What is harder to accept is feeling like the conditions of the battle were not equal.
The goalkeeper you see prostrating in front of you is genuinely living the best days of his life.
This is Benjamin Asare, Ghana’s 33-year-old goalkeeper, who made three saves today and kept a clean sheet against England before celebrating after the game with this prostration.
What makes his story special is that almost nobody knew who he was. For most of his career, he played in Ghana’s second division. On top of that, his financial situation was so difficult that he had to work on cocoa farms for three straight years just to support his family and keep his football dream alive.
The remarkable part is that Asare kept pushing until he earned a move to Ghanaian top-flight side Accra Hearts of Oak in 2025. He then received his first-ever call-up to the Ghana national team during the World Cup qualifiers, where he played six games and conceded just one goal.
Asare went on to become the first Ghanaian player in history to represent his country at a World Cup while playing in the domestic league. He also made six saves across games against Panama and England and didn’t concede a single goal.
Glory to those who never stop working for their dreams. To every Ghanaian reading this: congratulations. You should be proud. Stories like Benjamin Asare’s are what make football beautiful, and seeing one of your own rise from cocoa farms to the World Cup stage is something worth celebrating. 🇬🇭❤️
A testimony I rarely share:
So, Last year I faced something that shook my faith hard when my biggest partners and clients terminated my contract with them.
Everything looked impossible. I prayed, cried, and kept repeating 'Lord, You said You'd never leave me!