DOHA, November 28. /TASS/. The national football team of Ghana defeated South Korea on Monday in their 2nd group stage match at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The match between the national squads between Ghana and South Korea was played at the over 44,660-seat capacity Education City Stadium in the city of Al Rayyan.

The goals for Ghana were scored by Mohammed Salisu (in the 24th minute) and Kudus Mohammed (in the 34th and 68th minutes).

South Korea scored twice during the match and both goals were scored in the second half by forward Cho Gue-sung (in the 58th and 61st minutes of the match).

FIFA official website quoted 32-year-old Ghana’s forward Andre Ayew as saying after the match that: ·"It was great - great game, great feeling, great everything."

"I enjoyed it. We all enjoyed it. We need to keep the spirit high, keep the devotion high and try to make things happen like we did today," he said.

"It’s a hard tournament - you can see there are a lot of surprises, you can’t predict any game. I am very happy and, hopefully, now we are in the race to get into the Round of 16," the striker of Ghana added.

Team Ghana is currently 2nd in its Group H of the 2022 World Cup with three points following Portugal with three points and staying behind the teams of Uruguay and South Korea in third place and fourth places correspondingly.

2022 FIFA World Cup

Qatar is hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup between November 20 and December 18 at eight stadiums in five cities across the Persian Gulf country, namely in Doha, Lusail, Al Wakrah, Al Khor and Al Rayyan.

The eight host stadiums are: Al Bayt Stadium, Khalifa International Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium, Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Lusail Iconic Stadium, Stadium 974, Education City Stadium, and Al Janoub Stadium.

The coveted World Cup Trophy will be taken home by one of 32 teams divided into eight groups. The group stage matches are being held across numerous fields in Qatar between November 20 and December 2 with the top two teams from each group advancing to the playoffs.

Qatar won the right to host matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on December 2, 2010. The championship kicked off last Sunday with a spectacular ceremony and the subsequent opening match between host Qatar and Ecuador, which ended 2-0 in favor of Ecuador.

In March 2015, FIFA officially announced that the 22nd edition of FIFA’s flagship event would be played in November and December of 2022, with the final match set for December 18, 2022, coinciding with - Qatar National Day. The objective, in principle, was to hold the tournament over 28 days.

The previous FIFA World Cup was hosted by Russia in 2018. The championship took place at 12 stadiums in 11 cities across Russia, namely in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.

On July 15, 2018, during an official ceremony in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin passed the baton for the FIFA World Cup’s host country to Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino.