Portugal and Ghana are playing live on the World Cup schedule and the matchup from Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasilia on ESPN2 and the WatchESPN website online for a live stream on Thursday as they try to stay alive in Group G and advance to the next round of the Cup in the knockout stage.
The game is an important one as all four teams in the group are still alive and that is because of what Ronaldo did in the game against the United States. Ronaldo had the perfect cross that set up the tying goal to keep the team alive and now they have to win over Ghana, hope the US lose and they must score a bunch of goals to get it done to advance on goal differential. Ghana winning is a huge threat for the US and that is why they need to secure a draw or somehow get a win over Germany to advance.
The United States and Portugal played a thrilling game and Ronaldo helped get the draw with a cross for a goal and that kept his nation alive in the tournament and now they have to find a way to win to advance. Both Ghana and Portugal have one point and the US and Germany have four and if they get a draw those teams will advance, while Ghana and Portugal will be eliminated. Ronaldo has the chance to show why he is one of the best players in the World and he helped his team remain alive and now they need to win by a certain score to get things done.
The Portugal said has a number of weak spots and they have made a number of changes from the first game into the USA game into now and Ghana comes in after two players were dismissed the night before the final matchup. A win for Ghana is bad for USA and they still need to get by on goals, while the rain in Recife could be an issue for both teams. Germany has been though since the 1950s and they should get out of the group stage and that just leaves the United States to make it through fi they can get the results they need over Germany with the Portugal and Ghana game also ending a certain way.
The United States has the chance to advance here and really they should have already and now Ronaldo will try and keep his team alive after doing it in the final seconds. Germany killed Portugal in their first game with a 4-0 win and that could be a major factor with who advances, as Portugal will need goals and to get past they will have to win against Ghana by four goals. Germany is the best team in the group and they are ranked second in FIFA and they will be tough to beat, but the US only need a point and they can advance. The US has been playing without Jozy Altidore and that has been tough and they will need to get things together on Thursday to win and that means Clint Dempsey has to play it up to his best again after scoring twice in the Cup already.
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