Legendary England striker Wayne Rooney has described Ghana’s Black Stars display in their goalless draw with The Three Lions as excellent.
England were held to a 0-0 draw by Ghana on Tuesday in their second group stage fixture at the World Cup.
The Three Lions dominated possession but struggled to create clear-cut chances against opponents who defended doggedly throughout, and had to wait until the 57th-minute to register a shot on target.
After making two changes to the team that beat Croatia 4-2 in Dallas — Marc Guéhi and Djed Spence replacing John Stones and Nico O’Reilly — England manager Thomas Tuchel made wholesale changes, bringing on O’Reilly, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford in search of a winner.
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O’Reilly saw his header hit the crossbar before Harry Kane blasted the follow-up over the bar from close range.
“You have to break them down, find the space. For me the key was getting crosses into the box — that’s where the chances came from,” Rooney was quoted on ESPN.
“They didn’t get enough crosses in but that is a typical [Ghana coach] Carlos Queiroz performance.
“Ghana were excellent, disciplined, [showed] concentration [in] how they defended. You have to give them a lot of praise.”
Ghana’s point earned might be important as a difficult final match against Croatia awaits to finish Group L on Saturday.
The Croatians bounced back from the loss to England by edging out Panama 1-0.
