Assistant coach of the Black Stars, George Boateng, believes the team's performance was far from abysmal considering Ghana was the lowest-ranked team going into the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Ghana, ranked 61st at the start of the tournament, suffered yet another early exit from the competition after losing to Portugal and Uruguay while beating South Korea in Group H.

The win over South Korea, however, was not enough to see the Black Stars progress from the group as they finished bottom and suffered elimination.

Speaking in a video shared on his Instagram page, Boateng revealed the Black Stars did not perform badly at the Mundial.

"If you look at it, we performed well as a team, well enough in every game. if you look at the game against Portugal, the team was compact, very solid, everybody gave his all and we all know if the penalty wasn't given, things could have been different," he said.

"The game against South Korea was outstanding. The players showed so much character in that game, leading two nil and conceding two goals to then find the courage and still come back to win the game gave us such a good confidence boost.

“If you looked at it overall we were the lowest-ranked team going to the World Cup but we did better than Denmark, Serbia, Iran, Coast Rica Saudi Arabia, and Qatar the host. So if you look at it we performed well enough."

According to him, things could have been much better for Ghana had a bit of luck on their side in their last group game.

"In the last game against Uruguay, it could have been a lot better for us had only luck gone our way," he added.

Andre Ayew missed from the spot in the game against Uruguay after Mohammed Kudus was fouled in the box. The South Americans then took advantage scoring two late goals to end Ghana's hopes of progressing to the knockout stage.