‘Portugal and Uruguay Are Group H Favourites’: South Korea Coach Paulo Bento

• Head coach for South Korea Paulo Bento believes Portugal and Uruguay are the teams to beat in Group H of the 2022 World Cup
• The Portuguese tactician opined that the Black Stars of Ghana and his outfit are the undergoes in the group
• The Asian country have been drawn alongside European heavyweights Portugal, former World Champions Uruguay and Ghana

South Korea head coach Paulo Bento has tipped Portugal and Uruguay ahead of Ghana to qualify from Group H of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Black Stars of Ghana have been handed a tricky draw at the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar later this year

The four-time African champions have been drawn in Group H alongside Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.

Speaking after the draw, Paulo Bento believes Portugal and Uruguay are the favourites in Group H.

He told Antenna1 as quoted by modernghana:

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“When you come to the finals of a World Cup draw, you can't expect an easy draw. It's not polite, it's believing in miracles that doesn't exist.”

"Being a difficult group for us, I believe Portugal and Uruguay are favourites, from the start. Most people will agree.”

Ghana found themselves in in Pot 4 alongside Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, Peru/Australia/UAE and Costa Rica/New Zealand.

Otto Addo's men qualified for the World Cup after urging the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a two-legged playoff earlier this week.

Ghana were held to a goalless draw in the first leg in Kumasi at the Baba Yara sports stadium before Thomas Partey's goal in Abuja proved decisive after the 1-1 draw.

Ghana is making her fourth appearance at the Mundial, after appearing at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions. The Black Stars missed Russia 2018.

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Ghana qualified for the Mundial after they edged their West African rivals in a nail-biting World Cup last round qualifiers staged over two legs.

The Black Stars are looking to assemble their greatest stars as they vie to become the first African country to at least reach the semi-finals of the Mundial.