Last Thursday afternoon the sky darkened earlier than normal and Koforidua saw its first rain in a couple of weeks. The weather conditions interrupted the power supply and the back up generator at the Mobil 2 spot kept dying. These were the circumstances in which we watched the Black Stars’ semi-final encounter with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. By the end of the first half the mains power had returned and the TV interruptions stopped, but Ghana’s fortunes could not be restored so easily. With the absence of a couple of key players, including suspended captain, Mensah, some debateable refereeing and against a determined performance from Cameroon, the Black Stars found themselves ejected from the competition. On this occasion the Cameroonian Lions were indeed indomitable. On the final whistle the group watching at Mobil 2 rapidly melted away. Despite a huge disappointment, the fans in town (ie the entire population) were stoic in defeat. We were in a taxi a little later and the driver was matter of fact about the unfortunate circumstances of Ghana’s final match in the Africa Cup. There was no blame. All the Black Stars had to console themselves with was a victory in the third place play off against Cote d’Ivoire in Kumasi on Saturday, ironically the fixture the Ghanaian press had been predicting as the final.
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