The Black Satellites’ run to the U-20 World Cup title in 2009 was far from straightforward.
A topsy-turvy tournament saw the team have to come from behind, cope with 10 men and survive a penalty-shootout.
There were lots of cameras to capture the scenes in each of the games and we’ve put a few of them together in this piece.
GROUP STAGES
Ghana 2-1 Uzbekistan
Ghana’s first group game against Uzbekistan was a tight one, that the Satellites edged in the end.
They went behind to Karimov’s early second-half strike but goals from Ransford Osei and Dominic Adiyiah in the last 30 minutes gave them a winning start.
Ghana 4-0 England
An emphatic win for the Satellites in their second game with Adiyiah (2), Andre Ayew and Ransford Osei getting on the scoresheet.
Uruguay 2-2 Ghana
Ghana went two up with goals from Rabiu Mohammed and Ransford Osei but following a red card for Rabiu, Uruguay grabbed a point with strikes from Lodeiro and Hernandez.
ROUND OF 16
Ghana 2-1 South Africa (After Extra Time)
Goals from Andre Ayew and Dominic Adiyiah (In extra time) took Ghana through in a huge come-from-behind win. All this despite having Opoku Agyemang sent off
QUARTER-FINAL
South Korea 2-3 Ghana
Two goals from Dominic Adiyiah and one from Ransford Osei gave Ghana a 3-1 lead but a late goal for Korea made it a nervy final few minutes.
SEMI-FINAL
Ghana 3-2 Hungary
Just like in the previous round, Dominic Adiyiah’s brace and Abeiku Quansah’s goal had given Ghana a 3-1 lead but with six minutes left Hungary grabbed a second. But yet again the Satellites held on.
FINAL
A tough task against Brazil got even tougher with Daniel Addo’s sending off but an inspired performance from Daniel Agyei in the penalty shootout gave Ghana a magical end to the tournament