GHANA'S PRESIDENT JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR CONSOLED THE BLACK STARS AFTER THEIR EXIT IN THE WORLD CUP TUESDAY, AND ALSO CONGRATULATED THEM ON THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE COMPETITION, REPORTED DPA. IN A MESSAGE TO THEIR CAMP IN GERMANY, HE SAID EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST TO BRAZIL, THEY HAD ACQUITTED THEMSELVES BRILLIANTLY AND HAD MADE GHANA AND AFRICA PROUD. "AS DEBUTANTS PLAYING AGAINST THE FIVE-TIME CHAMPIONS OF THE TOURNAMENT, YOUR TASK WAS A HUGE ONE. BUT YOU DISPLAYED A RARE KIND OF COURAGE AND BRILLIANCE THAT NO DOUBT MADE YOU VICTORS IN DEFEAT." KUFUOR THANKED THE COACH, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL STAFF AND THE PLAYING BODY FOR BRINGING HONOUR TO GHANA AND THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE. KUFUOR CALLED ON GHANAIANS TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD AND REJOICE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE BLACK STARS, AND ASSURED THE TEAM OF A ROUSING WELCOME HOME. "YOU ARE OUR HEROES AND WE LOVE YOU ALL," HE SAID.
