The highly skillful Serbian team played well but ultimately fell victim to their surplus of cynical play, first by going down to 10 men at 74 minutes when Aleksandar Lukovic was shown his second yellow card and was sent off for a flagrant holding, then when they were penalized by the first penalty kick of the 2010 World Cup after a pointless hand ball in the box by Zdravko Kuzmanovic.
I’d predicted a barn-burner and we didn’t quite get it in the goal count, perhaps due to first match nerves on both sides, but we did see quite a lot of attacking play, plenty of shots, and even a goodly number of thrilling shots on goal. Ghana will be bolstered by the win, so I’ll repeat my prediction of more goal-scoring for their next match.
My prediction was: Ghana. Final result: Ghana 1-0.
