Depending on whom you speak to,most people in the streets of the Ghanaian capital Accra, can tell you a little or a lot about the Black Stars team. So what about the Aussie lads from 'down under' and what do we know about them? It is not Argentina playing Brazil or Germany facing England but Ghana versus Australia on Saturday which has suddenly become a must see encounter and the match of choice for many reasons. With Nigeria and South Africa needing miracles to progress,there are big questions that must be answered and a tall list of sceptics just waiting for another negative result against Africa to justify their likely headlines, "Africa is not ready to rule the world.....we told you so." Coach Milovan Rajevac has told his boys to forget about their 1-0 win over Serbia as well as Australia's 4-0 drubbing by the German Machine. The Ghanaian players and their coach know very well that having lost miserably in their opening game, their opponents will NOT sit down to be beaten 3-0 or 4-0 again as most fans are predicting......simply because Ghana is not Germany. What matters most above all predictions and scenarios is the priceless three points at stake. They must must win and Australia know they must also beat Ghana to keep alive any hopes of staying in the competition and surely against the Black Stars, they will start with an all-round attacking formation which was not the case against Germany. In that encounter, Dutch coach Pim Verbeek (Guus Hiddink’s former assistant at South Korea) did not field an out-and-out striker. He chose instead to adopt a loose 4-4-2 formation with Everton's Tim Cahill tucked behind Richard Garcia who can also play on the right-wing. With the suspension of Cahill,it would make sense to see Josh Kennedy start on Saturday. So for those who have little respect for the Aussies, it must be understood that the team Guus Hiddink built for Germany 2006 is not dead and buried quite yet that is why the Black Stars must be as cautious as they are confident. Especially as the fantasy that SA 2010 will favour Africa has also been painfully exposed with unconvincing performances by the continents' flag bearers. Cameroon, Nigeria and Ivory Coast were the big boys expected to boss teams around at this World Cup Finals. Sadly so far, it has been poor and the African advantage has turned into a cruel joke. Africa's critics aside, there is a genuine sense of optimism here at the 2010 Fifa World Cup Finals that Ghana could be the country to unlock Africa's undoubted football potential. In the past, it has been the overwhelming chorus especially for European analysts and football experts to sing an all too familiar chorus “African teams lack discipline and are tactically naive”. I care little about attempting to disect the problems of the five other African representatives but from close quarters having followed this generation of Black Stars pre the Egypt 2006 African Cup of Nations,the evolution of the Black Stars means that the team is anything but tactically naive. Rajevac must employ yet another shrewd game plan against an Australia side desperate to hang on for dear life. Meanwhile the bitterly cold winter conditions here has forced supporters at the Ghana Village in the Muzinda Residence in Western Pretoria to pile on the warm clothes. Gloves, jumpers, layers of sox and thick trousers have been the basic dress code here. Fingers crossed after Ghana claim another three points, we can shift our attentions to going all the way! Credit: Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, Senior Sports Journalist, eTV World Cup Diaries