‘They took their chance; we didn’t’ — Jerome Opoku reflects on Ghana’s World Cup exit

"The defender acknowledged that the Black Stars entered the contest with the sole objective of defeating Colombia to keep their World Cup ambitions alive but admitted the team fell short of its target."Black Stars defender Jerome Opoku has attributed Ghana's elimination from the FIFA World Cup to the team's inability to convert scoring opportunities, saying fine margins ultimately separated the Black Stars from Colombia."Ghana matched Colombia for long periods of the encounter and created promising attacking moments but failed to hit the target or convert them into goals, while the South Americans made the most of their decisive opportunity to claim victory.