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Ghana breathe life into World Cup campaign with thrilling win over South Korea
Ghana goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi, Daniel Amartey, Denis Odoi, Alexander Djiku and Mohammed Salisu celebrate after the Fifa World Cup Group H match at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar

GHANA breathed fresh life into their World Cup campaign today with a thrilling 3-2 win against South Korea at the Education City Stadium in Qatar.

After Ghana raced into a 2-0 lead, Cho Gue-sung scored twice in three second-half minutes to haul South Korea level before Mohammed Kudus’s winner fired Ghana to their first victory at the World Cup in a dozen years.

South Korea remain on one point in Group H, while Ghana’s victory takes them into second.

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