It appears Diouf was right about Ghana, Togo and Angola. He stated that the wrong teams are representing Africa in World Cup. I ain't know what happen to the Black Stars Today. They couldn't even beat Zimbabwe nevertheless draw resulting in Diouf and the Senegal to go through dispite losing 2-1 to Nigeria. Besides the two goals they scored, they are poor on attack and had one impressive shot on goal for the whole tournament which came from appiah and their defense are so vulnerable. Italy will eat up that defense in world cup. After the final round of matches i have to conclude that Nigeria is a team with talent and depth. Matins was great and he raise his game when he found out that Ghana was losing to Zimbabwe. That is what the commentator said. He scored two and was looking for a third to send senegal out. Nigeria wanted Senegal out and Ghana couldn't even build a case for themselves to make Diouf eat his words. But then at the end of the day Ghana will be preparing for the world cup while Ignorant Diouf will be watching the game home in Bolton
Ghana 1-2 Zimbabwe
BBC SPORTS
Martin Davies
Ismailia Stadium
Ghana's John Pantsil (r) challenges Benjani for the ball
Ghana became the third World Cup-bound team to fail to go past the group stages at the African Cup of Nations after losing to 2-0 to Zimbabwe on Tuesday in Ismailia.
The Warriors, who were yet to earn their first point at the tournament, looked the stronger side from the start.
Veteran captain Peter Ndlovu and Portsmouth's Benjani Mwaruwai spear-headed the Zimbabwean attack which terrorised the Ghanaian half intermittently.
With the Black Stars defence under pressure, Zimbabwe were put 1-0 ahead by a 59th minute goal by Ghana defender Issah Ahmed.
The Ghanaian woes were compounded in the 69th minute when Benjani ran on to a loose ball on the edge of the area and calmly slots the ball into the net to put Zimbabwe 2-0 up.
With captain Stephen Appiah half-fit and and Laryea Kingston suspended, the Ghanaian midfield for most of the match looked non-existent as Zimbabwe worked hard to earn their first win of the competition.
Ghana's first serous attack on the Zimbabwe goal was scuppered by captain Stephen Appiah who was in the right place to latch on to a bouncing ball in the area - but he chose to blast his first-time shot and could not keep it down.
Zimbabwe had the chance to go 1-0 up in the 37th minute with Sammy Adjei pulling an acrobatic save to keep out Zvenyika Makonese's powerfully-struck free-kick which was heading for the top corner.
Moments later, Peter Ndlovu whipped in a brilliant cross but Benjani wasted another golden opportunity to put Zimbabwe ahead.
Before half-time Ghana were barely hanging on and the same pattern continued after the restart with the Ghana defence looking out of their depth for long spells.
With the game in injury time, Zimbabwe had cause to hope for a miraculous quarter-final berth but Benjani's goal was flagged offside by the linesman.
Ghana eventually found the back of the net though Baba Adamu's spectacular strike but with only seconds to go before the referee's final whistle, it was nothing more than a consolation for the Black Stars.
