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‘Ghana would have played Spain in a beautiful World Cup final’ – Paintsil

The ex-Black Stars right-back believes that the West African giants could have gone all the way in 2010, had they not fallen to Uruguay

Former Ghana right-back John Paintsil believes the Black Stars would have defeated the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup semi-final—had they got there—to set up a final meeting with eventual champions Spain.

Looking back over the West Africans’ campaign in South Africa a decade ago, the former Fulham man has explained why there was abundant optimism in the camp that they would have dispatched the Dutch had they advanced to the final four.