only 3 teams have lost first game and advanced

[ugly boy]

Yes...Our task is monumental...What if South Korea forces Argentina to a draw and decide to park the bus and counter against us in the 3rd game...Our qualification is far from automatic

[Tbite]

The way I see it we are in the same position we were prior to the commencement of the match.

1) Similar to the expectations before the match, our fate is in our hands, but results are indeterminate.

2) Similar to the situation before the match, our form is volatile. We can muster a victory or succumb to a loss.

3) This loss has not carved our fate, but has simply been the eventuation of the expected and the elimination of the variable with the most predictable outcome. Hence we are left with the two variables in which we have the most amount of uncertainty. So in other words, by eliminating this variable, we are relatively still in the same position we were prior to the match.

4) The way the draw is arranged, will mean that our next game is our easiest task relatively, while Korea's next game is their hardest task relatively. Therefore at the end of both matches, provided the odds come to fruition, we should be placed second, leaving the last variable as the decider.

6) Every world cup has a different structure, therefore the fact you stated is inconclusive.

[ghanaweb]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 10

[brainz]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 20

Greece is 13th

[Tbite]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 20

Greece is 13th

Correct

but I expect them to drop out of the top 20...after the world cup.

[Metho scorpion]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 10

...pls yabis or bro. rivalry apart...Ghana is Ghana a team with heart and will give it all when need calls for it less division among its people compared to Naija...

[ghanaweb]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced
Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 20

Greece is 13th

Correct
but I expect them to drop out of the top 20...after the world cup.

my bad... Mistake corrected

However the point remains the same. u play a team ranked 13 and the other ranked in the 40s
If Ghana made it against the 2 and 5th ranked team, then u should be able to make it too

[ghanaweb]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 10

...pls yabis or bro. rivalry apart...Ghana is Ghana a team with heart and will give it all when need calls for it less division among its people compared to Naija...

BTW, who was the other team to make it pass group stage after losing first game

1)Ghana lost to Italy
2)Argentina lost to Cameroon
3) was it France lose to Senegal?

[Undertaker]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 10

...pls yabis or bro. rivalry apart...Ghana is Ghana a team with heart and will give it all when need calls for it less division among its people compared to Naija...

BTW, who was the other team to make it pass group stage after losing first game

1)Ghana lost to Italy
2)Argentina lost to Cameroon
3) was it France lose to Senegal?

France didn't make it out or even score a goal in Korea/Japan 2002!

[ghanaweb]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 10

...pls yabis or bro. rivalry apart...Ghana is Ghana a team with heart and will give it all when need calls for it less division among its people compared to Naija...

BTW, who was the other team to make it pass group stage after losing first game

1)Ghana lost to Italy
2)Argentina lost to Cameroon
3) was it France lose to Senegal?

France didn't make it out or even score a goal in Korea/Japan 2002!

so what was the third team

[otite]

France lost to Senegal but eventually won the cup

[smartbrother]

Stats or no stats we are not getting out of this group not when we are being made to play with our hands tied behind our backs. Lagerback isnt good enough to see Yobo, Yak and Shittu arent good enough. I suspect it will all be over after the greece game. Good news is England are going all the way

[ghanaweb]

France lost to Senegal but eventually won the cup

what have u been smoking?

[otite]

my fault, my bad, but you do not have be a mud kid.

[brigadoon]

We will be fine. Stop panicking! In all our previous appearances we have lost a game in the group stage. In this case, it just happens to be the first game.

[akamoke]

Gosh..I dint know that there is a high percentage of CEs that are this negative

I was at the match today and we lost but I think we played better than I ve seen us in a while

Yes I agree that Etuhu and to some extent Ordiah were lethargic, but it was a good performance.

Enyeama was solid today

The players now know they have to win both their next matches and they can do it.

Messi was dangerous but was stopped!!!

Lets give the guys some credit, they did well, could have been better but its not the end of the world yet

[blueangel]

Ghana lost first game to Italy 0-2 ...played next two games against countries in the top 10 and advanced

Naija should be able to do the same. You are playing teams outside the top 10

...pls yabis or bro. rivalry apart...Ghana is Ghana a team with heart and will give it all when need calls for it less division among its people compared to Naija...

BTW, who was the other team to make it pass group stage after losing first game

1)Ghana lost to Italy
2)Argentina lost to Cameroon
3) was it France lose to Senegal?

Bulgeria lost to Nigeria in 94

[ora]

There are only 4 teams in our group, and 2 advances. Its not over yet.

[maceo4]

The order of our games means we have a good chance of making it. Greece is weak we can beat them and Argies can and probably will beat South Korea, then our destiny will be in our own hands against S.K.

[blueangel]

only 3 teams have lost first game and advanced

Totally Wrong Statement


Nigeria Will Advance

[waka-man]

The stat is not right. Here are some others
Bulgaria in 94. They lost the opener to us and made it to the semi's.
England in 86. Lost their opener to Portugal and made it to the last 8

And I've not been exhaustive about this. I reckon it's happened loads of times

[Heliopolis]

Nigeria's fate is in their own hands. Beat Greece and Korea and advance.

[otite]

Nigeria's fate is in their own hands. Beat Greece and Korea and advance.

And they can do it, most of these guys played at the olympics, they lost their first game but got to the finals.