LIVE streaming: Ghana vs South Korea - Watch June 9, 2014 friendly match

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After two consecutive friendly losses, Ghana hope to get things right in their last match before taking on familiar opponent USA in Brazil.

In 2006, Ghana made their World Cup debut in Germany, in which they made it to the round of 16 before being defeated by Brazil. Four years later, they made a return, this time on their own continent, and were agonizingly close to making the semi-finals only to be denied by Uruguay in controversial circumstances.

Now appearing for the third time, the Black Stars obviously will like to better their runs from 2006 and 2010; however, things will be a lot tougher than back then. For starters, only two sides per group can progress to the knock out rounds, and they have been placed in the hardest quartet with Germany, Portugal, and the US as opponents.

And to make matters worse, their World Cup friendlies have not gone as they would have liked. Two friendlies against minnows Montenegro and 2010 runners-up Netherlands both ended in defeats. While some may point to the fact that it was just by a solitary goal, Kwesi Appiah's men were unable to even find an equalizer--something that is highly discouraging given the seeming insurmountable task facing them in less than a week.

Still, their opponents have not fared much better in their own pre-World Cup meetings. Korea, too has endured a poor run in their friendlies this year. A slim win over Costa Rica in January was followed by two defeats to the US and Mexico in which they were outscored by a combined aggregate of 6-0. And while Hong Myung-Bo's squad appeared to be getting back on track with a solid 2-0 win over Greece, they suffered another setback in their most recent match against Tunisia.

To complicate matters, the team apparently has been stricken by some sort of virus, reportedly a cold, which could not come at a worse time as they prepare to face off against Algeria, Belgium, and Russia in their group. Nonetheless, despite their concerns, Korea will be keen on getting the most they can out of this match, as will, of course, Ghana, so hopefully it will be an interesting one to watch for supporters and neutrals alike.