Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes receive World Cup warning
Kalusha Bwalya has sent a strong warning to Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal that Ghana are good enough to win their World Cup group opener.
Manchester United stars Ronaldo, Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes are part of the Portugal World Cup squad and they face Ghana in their World Cup opener on Thursday.
59-year-old Bwalya, who is Zambia’s eighth-most capped player, told Super Sport: “They should go into the game as Ghana, they are a very good team, very strong team and they can go there and dish it out against the best in the world and I feel they have a chance in the first game, to get a positive result.
“If they can get the result, they will send a strong message to the rest of the teams in the group that they mean business.”
Bwalya, however, warned Ghana against losing their opener against Portugal insisting it will send a negative signal in their intentions to do well in the tournament.
“Because it is only three games, the first game is very important in a tournament. If you lose the first game, then the hand breaks are out and you expose yourself, and you go into the next game, you risk everything and then you are back on your way home.”