Ghana dominated long spells of the tie at the Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria and should have won by a wider margin that the lone goal achieved through the penalty effort of Asamoah Gyan with five minutes remaining. The Stade Rennes striker kept his calm to smash the spot kick past Vladimir Stoijkovic and earn Ghana famous victory. Rajevac, a Serb whose loyalty before this game had been questioned pumped his fist in excitement and told KickOffGhana.com the victory had been down to relentless handwork. “We worked hard as a team and got a fine result for it. I said at half time to the players this could be decided by a mistake and in the end that is what happened,” he said. “We have scored a really important victory but there are six more points to play for so we have to forget about this and focus on our next game against Australia. The most important game for this tournament is the next one and I hope we will show the same desire.” Rajevac admitted to being saddened by Serbia’s loss but there is no doubt that the Serbian who took his position on the bench spotting a red, yellow and green colours of Ghana as his neck tie has done his stock as a coach a world of good with the opening day victory.
Rajevac turns focus to Australia
