Hon. Dan

Dreaming big whiles staying humble😎

[CAF @CAF_Online]

One final group stage hurdle. Africa, let's get the job done. 🌍💪

#FIFAWorldCup

[SPORTbible @sportbible]

🗣️ “We have used Declan Rice to prepare jollof rice!” 🇬🇭🍚

Ghana fan ‘cooks’ the England players 👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #FIFAWorldCup

[George Addo Jnr @addojunr]

🇬🇭Benjamin Asare!!!

What a performance🔥🔥🔥

[Ernest Opoku Appah @_Padio]

Her: How safe can you keep my heart?

Me:

[ESPN Africa @ESPNAfrica]

What a photo.

[Yaa Bitha @yaabitha]

Sugarcane koraa y’awe na Harry Kane
Tsww

[Michael Oti Adjei @OtiAdjei]

"Facing Harry Kane is normal" - Benjamin Asare.

Well, well, well. He has earned it, hasn't he?

[Saddick Adams @SaddickAdams]

National Anthem says BOLD TO DEFEND FOREVER, but match analyst say we for open up.

Wonim nyansa kyɛn Phillip Gbeho???

[Twilight @the_marcoliboy]

Tiki Taka Kaka Lika

[Africa First @AfricaFirsts]

England brought Premier League stars to a World Cup. Ghana 🇬🇭 brought a goalkeeper from Accra. Ghana did not lose.

Benjamin Asare 🇬🇭🧤

He is 33 years old. He plays his club football at Accra Hearts of Oak in the Ghana Premier League. He has never played in Europe. Not even once.

Yet he is the man standing between Ghana and the world right now.

It started in the qualifiers. While Ghana's foreign-based keepers took the headlines, Asare was quietly doing his job at home, featuring in 6 qualification matches, conceding just once, helping the Black Stars punch their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

He arrived in North America as the backup. Lawrence Ati-Zigi was the number one. Asare was just supposed to be there, just in case.

Then God had other plans.

Against Panama in Ghana's opening group game, Ati-Zigi went down injured in the first half. Asare warmed up on the touchline. He came on at half-time with Ghana leading 1-0 and the pressure of a World Cup debut on his shoulders.

He kept the clean sheet. Ghana won.

Then came England. England's starting lineup was filled with players from the Premier League, La Liga, and the Bundesliga. Harry Kane. Jude Bellingham. Declan Rice. England had 78% possession and 19 shots.

Asare made 6 saves. England scored zero.

He became the first goalkeeper from the Ghana Premier League to start a FIFA World Cup match for the Black Stars. Not just to play. To start. Against England.

No team has avoided defeat while attempting so few shots in a World Cup game since at least 1966.

Ghana had 22% possession and 2 shots total. They did not lose.

Ghana have 4 points from 2 games and are on the brink of the Round of 16 for the first time since 2010. The man holding the wall is not from the Premier League. He is not from Ligue 1 or the Bundesliga.

He goes home to the Ghana Premier League after this.

Benjamin Asare is proof that greatness does not require a European postcode.

[Zealand @theoldzealand]

Ghana’s ability to be just a terrible team with terrible vibes and no momentum but show up at the World Cup and cause problems for everyone never ceases to amaze me

[ESPN Africa @ESPNAfrica]

Benjamin Asare brought all the celebrations at full-time 🤩

[FIFA World Cup Stats @alimo_philip]

🧤 🇬🇭 BENJAMIN ASARE DELIVERS FOR THE BLACK STARS!

🥇 Hearts of Oak’s hero becomes the FIRST Ghana Premier League goalkeeper to start a World Cup match for Ghana… and he’s already making HISTORY!

🥇 First keeper to record TWO clean sheets in his first two World Cup games for the Black Stars.

🌟 This is LEGENDARY!

[Gary Al-Smith @garyalsmith]

🚨 Delighted to have had my first live FIFA World Cup pitchside experience when Morocco beat Scotland. 🇲🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Let me share how that thrilling career highlight unfolded in Boston. It was a good, good day for the grind.

🔋 @SportyTV

[Pulse Ghana @PulseGhana]

No matter where we are, Ghanaians always seem to have the same reaction. 😂🇬🇭

#pulseviral

[carter🌚 @carter6f]

Neymar was in America 🇺🇸 and they challenged him to Score from one rooftop of a building to the next building

Only 3 attempts.

If he makes it, they agree football is better than basketball 😂

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

GHANA WINS IT VS. PANAMA IN STOPPAGE TIME 🔥🔥🔥

At 94:04, Caleb Yirenkyi scored Ghana's latest game-winning regulation goal in World Cup history 😲

[Gary Al-Smith @garyalsmith]

The 🇬🇭 Ghana goal: Caleb Yirenkyi picks a loose ball, starts the run, finds Semenyo, who frees Thomas Asante, who finds Yirenkyi in the box.

Bang.

[Kobe Boujee @kobe_boujee88]

Ghanaians take over Toronto ahead of Panama Game 🇬🇭

[Bofrot1cedi @bofrot1cedi]

🇬🇭 GHANAIANS REACTION TO YEBOAH AGYEKUM FRANCIS CORE ‼️😂😂😂

Ghanaians play with everything 😂