Ghana’s fans were most animated after their 2-3 defeat and in fact, celebrated it at the Stadium 974 in full gusto last night. There was a lot of singing and dancing around the stadium as the fans headed to the exit. Mid-day caught up with the large group of Ghana fans and learnt that the celebration was because they believed their team had made a brilliant start to the competition despite a close 2-3 defeat to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.

Ronaldo opened the scoring with a 61st minute penalty but Ghana hit back immediately through their skipper Andre Ayew in the 73rd minute. Joao Felix and Rafael Leao scored within the next seven minutes to give Portugal a 3-1 advantage before Ghana’s Osman Bukhari pulled one back in the 89th minute.