2010 FIFA World Cup: Ghana Destroyed With 4-1 Loss at Hands of Dutch

After going nearly three months without playing an international match, Ghana played their first friendly since a 2-1 loss at Bosnia-Herzegovina back on March 3.

Their opponent was no one other than the fourth best national team in the world: the Netherlands at the Feyenoord Stadion in Rotterdam.

And early on, it became apparent to Ghana that they would be in for a long night as the Dutch continuously attacked Ghana's goal.

And in the 30th minute, they were rewarded for their efforts as Wesley Sneijder fed Robin van Persie with a beautiful pass that van Persie shot onto Ghana's net.

Despite the resulting save from Richard Kingson, Liverpool's Dirk Kiyt was able to bury the rebound in from close range to give the Netherlands a 1-0 lead.

After the goal, the Dutch still continued to get some great chances in, but Ibrahim Afellay missed a golden chance to make the score 2-0 and at the half, the score remained 1-0 in favor of the oranje.

But the second half, the Dutch continued to go forward, and after several unsuccessful chances Real Madrid's Rafael van der Vaart was able to make the score 2-0 as van der Vaart and Mark von Bommel were able to team up for a beautiful Dutch goal.

Six minutes later Ghana finally got on the board, and it was Asamoah Gyan who was able to take advantage of some terrible Dutch defending to make the score 2-1.

But all chance for Ghana to win ended three minutes later when Sneijder nailed home a 25 yard screamer, and van Persie put the cherry on top with a late penalty to give the Netherlands an impressive 4-1 victory.

With this win the Dutch will play on Saturday against a Hungurian side that was not able to qualify for the World Cup, while Ghana will travel to England to face a Latvian side that also didn't qualify for the World Cup.