The Ghanaian media had painted such a gloomy picture of the Black Stars’ readiness for the World Cup/ Africa Cup qualifying match against Mali that the Stars victory came as a shock and national jubilation was rather muted. Most people were shocked into disbelief and actually doubted what they were seeing on television as the media’s highly underrated Black Stars tore the Malians into pieces with two stunning second half goals by newcomer Kwadwo Asamoah and unstable striker Mathew Amoah. more »