Ghana Black Stars coach Otto Addo belives his side has an opportunity to upset their opponents South Korea when they meet on Monday in what is a must win game for his side no matter the outcome of Portugal and Uruguay.

While South Korea held Uruguay to a 0-0 draw Thursday to start their World Cup journey, Ghana lost to Portugal 3-2 the same day. All five goals were scored in the final 30 minutes of the match, with Ghana’s defense being exposed after a tightly-played first half.

Addo refused to go into details about his plans against South Korea but said his players took valuable lessons from the opening loss.

“I am happy to have a team which is willing to learn and work hard every day to get better,” he said. “We have a lot of respect for South Korea, but we know we can compete with them.”

Portugal sit atop Group H, but the three other teams will also be battling for spots in the knockouts. Addo sees a wide-open group with some dogfights on the horizon.

“Anything is possible. It’s an equal group,” he said. “There might be some surprises.”

Otto Addo also took the opportuity at the press conference to apologise to FIFA for his remarks about referee Ismail Elfath when he accused him of “gifting: Cristiano Ronaldo a penalty

” I want to take this opportunity to apologise for my remarks on the referee who was in charge of our game with Portugal.It was an emotional moment and i never intended to be malicious i therefore withdraw my remarks “he said.

Defender Daniel Amartey was also optimistic of good results in their game as he urged his team mates to give 100% during the match.

“South Korea are a good side but we want nothing short of a win considering the tough group permutations.We are prepared and we have been listening to the coach instructions we hope to come out victorious and play better than we did against Portugal”.