Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, is hopeful he and his colleagues will not let down the guard in their last two group matches at the Brazil World Cup, saying it would be well.
This is a message that must be soothing and reassuring for a heart-broken football nation following the shock 1-2 loss to the United States in their Group G tension-packed match in Natal last Monday night.
"Ebaahi", was what the Stars captain whispered to the GRAPHIC SPORTS in an unmistaken Ga language, meaning "it will be well", in the team's dressing room after the ill-fated match.
Gyan must have read my sunken mood when l burst into the dressing room where all the players and their technical handlers, together with FA officials, had retired momentarily to prepare themselves for the departure journey back to their camp base in Maceio.
And, perhaps, the Stars captain must have also remembered his assurance to the nation going into the match when he said at a press conference in Natal that the expectation back home to beat the USA for the third time on the trot was huge but that he and his colleagues would bear the pressure and execute the mandate.
Gyan, who failed to score in the match as he promised his fans, however, contributed greatly in the game that Ghana dominated but incidentall lost.
The huger or bigger burden on him and his colleagues now is the threat of Germany, who are looming large like the sword of damocles after running roughshod over the fancied Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal earlier on Monday evening. With a staggering 4-0 win over the Portuguese, the Germans appear too strong for the Ghanaians, but Captain Gyan says "ebaahi".
In 2010, Germany beat Ghana 1-0 in the last match of their group, which included Serbia and Australia, but both Germany and Ghana qualified for the second round and eventually into the quarter-finals where the Stars power abated.
