Full time: Germany 2-2 Ghana 90+3 The referee blows the final whistle..it's the end of the game now. Ghana 2-2 Germany. 90+3 Muntari gets into the referee's book in the dying moments of the game to miss the next match...now, a free kick for Die Mannschaft. 90+2 The Ghanaians wasted another potentially golden chance after going two against three but Mubarak was eventually flagged for offside! 90+1 Muntari could have been made to pay for his horrific blunder after letting slip possession cheaply inside his own box to keep the Germans attack alive! 89' Klose replies with another attempt that fractionally goes wide! 89' Gyan misses the target by inches following a superb dummy from Afful down the right. 88' Ayew hits from long range but keeper Neuer collects his shot the ball... 85' Asamoah makes a last-ditch interception to deny a clear-on-goal Muller who had surely bagged his side's third hadn't he been deprived of a shot! 83' Ayew attempts an ambition shot from inside the area, hitting from an almost impossible angle!! 77' Badu wheeled on as Rabiu is taken off. 76' Schweinsteiger, who earlier replaced Khedira, played a free kick narrowly wide. 72' Mubarak replaces Atsu for Ghana. 70' Klose, who has just come on as a substitute instead of Goetze, got his leg to the ball to slot home past the keeper from point-blank range following a corner!! The veteran striker scored on his first touch of ball!! ## 70' GOOOOOOOOOOAAAALLL!!! Klose restores parity for the Germans!! 70' Even though the Ghanaians are now in front, they seem determined to score a third goal! A big match from the African representatives indeed!! 67' Atsu charges down the right and goes on goal but hits an awful strike into Neuer's hands instead of passing to a teammate when the Ghanaians were on three-on-two position!! 63' Gyan latches onto a threaded through pass from Muntari to go clear on goal and fire past the hapless Neuer!! Great goal from the Ghanaians!! ## 63' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Ghana are now two!! 60' Germany appeal for a handball after the ball touched Atsew's hand in midfield while controlling the ball. 54' Ayew glances home Afful's diagonal cross from the right to bring his side level after just three minutes from conceding the first goal of the game. ## 54' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! Ghana equalize!! 52' Kevin Prince-Boateng makes way for Jordan Ayew. 51' Gotze heads home a cross from behind at the far post for his side's opener of the night. ## 51' GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Germany take the lead through Gotze!!! 48' Muntari clashed with Kroos while clearing out a ball. 46' Germany make their first substitution.Shkodran Mustafi replaces full-back Jerome Boateng. The second half is underway 45+1 Mensah hits a weak shot from the edge of the area...seconds before the referee blows the whistle ending the first half. 45' Ayew heads wide Afful's cross from the right. 43' Afful attempts to break the offiside trap but fails.. 41' Offside against Gyan.. 38' Gotze strikes straight into keeper's Dauda hands. The Germans have somewhat been able to overcome the Ghanaians in midifield to reach the final third. 35' Ozil, now on the left, breaks through the Ghana defense to break clear but again Boye is there to thwart the Arsenal man. 33' WHAT A SUPERB SAVE from Neuer who parried Muntari's thunderous drive from long range! Magnificent from both the midfielder and the guardian. 30' Boye makes a superb interception to thwart Gotze's low cross from the right after the German managed to break the offside trap. 29' Despite a good defensive game from the Africans in the first half an hour now, they couldn't work the ball properly upfront. 25' The Germans have been dictating play for quite few minutes now, yet still unable to pose real threat on goal. 22' Ozil, who's too menacing down the right, plays a pin-point square pass to Muller but defender Boye closes down the German striker forcing him to eventually hit wide. The Ghanaians look to be fully focused tonight. 20' Ozil flagged for offside after getting into play from an offiside position. 19' Ozil charges down the right before pulling the ball back for Khedira, whose shot is easily gathered by the keeper. 18' The tempo has slowed down during those past five minutes with play mainly restricted to midfield. 13' Neuer forced into a superb stop to deny Atsu's drive from outside the area!! Now that's going to be an entertaining match! 10' Kroos strikes from the edge of the box following a back pass from Muller but the midfielder's shot hits defender Mensah. 9' Khedira concedes another foul against Asamoah in the latter's own half. 7' Atsu latched onto a superb long through ball on the right before squaring for Gyan at the near post but the forward blasts high. Surely, he should have done much better than that! 5' Ghana are closing down spaces well in their own half upon losing the ball, the Germans might find it a bit difficult to penetrate them tonight. 3' Sami Khedira concedes a foul against Muntari who does great to dispossess the German in midfield. The match gets underway... 21:54 There are quite good numbers of Ghana fans in the stands cheering theri side. 21:53 It's Ghana's national anthem now on. 21:51 Germany's national anthem is currently being played. 21:50 The two sides stepped onto the pitch as the national anthem will play in a minute. 21:45 Both teams are lining up in the tunnel as they prepare to march towards the pitch. 21:35 Both teams are currently warming up. 21:25 Another inclusion is Kevin Prince-Boateng, who replaced Jordan Ayew in the attacking midfield role. 21:15 Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah made two changes to the side that played against USA in the opener, fielding Harrison Afful instead of Daniel Opare in the right-back position. 21:10 After being doubtful for the game, Germany defender Hummels has been included in the team's starting XI - meaning that he has shaked off his thigh injury which was sustained against Portugal. Line-ups: Germany: Manuel Neuer - Benedikt Howedes, Mats Hummels, Per Mertesacker, Jerome Boateng - Sami Khedira, Philip Lahm (c) - Mesut Ozil, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos, Mario Gotze. Ghana: Fatau Dauda - Harrison Afful,Jonathan Mensah, John Boye, Kwadwo Asamoah - Suley Muntari, Mohammed Rabiu - Christian Atsu, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan (c). 20:35 Low has only one injury concern heading into the second round of matches, with goal-scoring defender Hummels suffering a thigh injury against Portugal. 20:15 Clint Dempsey scored almost immediately from the kick-off for Jurgen Klinsmann's American side but an 82nd-minute goal from Andre Ayew appeared to have sealed a draw for the Black Stars, only for John Brooks' first international goal to steal a late victory for the USA. 20:00 In contrast to Germany who were off to a flying start against Portugal, Ghana endured a slower start to the competition as they fell behind in the opening minute of their clash with USA. 19:50 Competing in their third World Cup, Ghana have never failed to reach the Round of 16. 19:30 Germany have won their two previous meetings with Ghana, winning 6-1 in a 1993 friendly and 1-0 in the group stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, though, all seven of their goals against the African nation have come beyond the hour mark. 18:50 A four-goal victory margin over Portugal on Monday means three-time winners Germany will be almost assured top spot in the group should they prevail against Ghana, providing USA do not win their two remaining matches. 18:10 Ghana endured a much slower start to the competition as they fell behind in the opening minute of their clash with USA 17:40 A Thomas Muller hat-trick interjected by a Mats Hummels strike saw Germany get off to a perfect start, which left Portugal rooted at the foot of Group G. 17:10 Victory for Joachim Low's side in Fortaleza would see them move onto the brink of qualification for the knockout stages after their 4-0 victory over Portugal in the opening round of fixtures. After losing their opening World Cup game against the United States, Ghana will be keen to make amends against heavyweights and tournament favourites Germany on Saturday. Venue: Estadio Governador Placido Aderaldo Castelo (Fortaleza, Ceara) Officials: Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) Assistants: Emerson De Carvalho (Brazil), Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) Fourth official: V. Carrillo (Peru) For the match preview, click here (For more sports newsandupdates,followAhramOnlineSportson Twitter at@AO_Sportsand onFacebook atAhramOnlineSports.) http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/104318.aspx
