Carlos Queiroz seals win over Ghana in their World Cup opener

• Queiroz sealed a win over Ghana with a 1-0 scoreline in the group stage at the World Cup.
• In an Instagram post, Queiroz wrote that he could not imagine the team without the “Black Stars” player.
• AP notes that Ghana fired coach L after his team lost to Panama on Thursday.

Carlos Queiroz sealed a win over Ghana in the group stage at the World Cup. AP reports: Ghana’s defeat in the 1/32 final came after a 1-0 loss to Colombia.

In an Instagram post, addressed to his wife, Queiroz wrote that he could not imagine playing without the “Black Stars” player, and that the team without him would be like “having no soul” through the whole tournament.

AP reports that Queiroz was fired by Ghana coach Otto Addo, and at the same time, the coach’s firing came after Ghana lost to Colombia. In the match, Ghana, as AP reports, conceded a goal to Colombia, with the ball going into the net after a pass from the right wing.

At the World Cup, Ghana, as AP reports, advanced to the next stage from the group stage, having finished the group with no points conceded to England, which had already been eliminated from the tournament. In the match against Colombia, AP reports, the team lost.

AP material also states that Queiroz had previously been asked to include defender Thomas Partey in the lineup after he had been injured in a match against Canada, but the coach had not included him. The material also notes that the Independent, which reports on the injury of Partey, wrote that the player’s injury was the reason Queiroz did not include him in the World Cup. The article also states that the coach was fired by Otto Addo.

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