GHANIANS woke up yester day morning with a happy hangover after celebrating their 1-0victory over Serbia – the first win by an African team at the WorldCup in South Africa.
The streets of Accra were thronged on Sunday evening as fans milled around, waving the red, gold and green nationalflag .
When man of the match Asamoah Gyan drilled home a late penalty, fans exploded from Duncan’s bar on the side streets ofAccra, blowing whistles, cheering and dancing.
Elsewhere, African media reported brass bands and taxi drivers blowing their respective horns noisily through thecapital, while motorcyclists risked life and limb by driving aroundwhile waving the country’s colourful flag.
In one scene of jubilation, wedding guests abandoned a wedding ceremony to take part in the street celebrations,according to reports.
Fans poured hundreds of congratulatory messages onto the websites of news portals, although some were miffed thatGhana’s Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac had not celebrated the victoryover his countrymen as wildly as his players.
Gyan was quick to devote the victory to fans in Ghana and elsewhere in the continent.
“Everyone is happy for us, not only in Ghana.
“Everyone in Africa will be behind us..
“I thank everyone for supporting the Black Stars,” he said.
Fans were confident of qualification, although they are wary of Germany after watching the 4-0 thumping Joachim Loew’smen handed out to Australia in the other Group D match. — Sapa-DPA
