when an incident in the penalty area saw video evidence used to award Portugal a penalty, from which they scored. Ghana equalized shortly afterwards, but then conceded two more quick goals to trail 3-1, pulling back a late goal in the last minute but failing to force an equalizer in injury time, Ghana eventually lost 3-2. In the second match against South Korea, Ghana surged into a 2-0 lead at half-time: South Korea pulled both goals back early in the second half, only for Ghana to score a third shortly afterwards and then withstand Korean pressure to hold on for a 3-2 win. This left them in second place in the group before their final match against Uruguay: a win or a draw would have put them through, and things looked promising when Ghana were awarded an early penalty, which was taken by André Ayew - the only remaining Ghanaian player from the 2010 quarter-final against Uruguay. However, it was saved: then Uruguay scored two goals before half-time. South Korea's injury-time victory over Portugal in the other match, putting them ahead of Uruguay on goals scored, forced both sides to go for broke in the final stages - Uruguay in search of a third to improve their goal difference, Ghana in search of getting some goals back - but neither side was able to put the ball in the net, Uruguay's victory serving only to overtake Ghana for third place and condemn the Africans to last place in the group. African firsts at the World Cup World Cup Finals 1934: Egypt, first African country at the World Cup 1934: Abdulrahman Fawzi of Egypt, first African to score at the World Cup, who scored both Egypt's goals in 2–4 loss against Hungary. He netted a third, but was ruled offside. 1970: Morocco, first African country to draw a match at the World Cup Finals, with 1–1 draw with Bulgaria 1974: Zaire, first African team to finish without scoring in the World Cup finals. 1974: Kidumu Mantantu of Zaire, first African player to receive a yellow card at the World Cup against Scotland on 14 June 1974. 1974: Mulamba Ndaye of Zaire, first African player to receive a red card at the World Cup against Yugoslavia on 18 June 1974. 1978: Tunisia, first African country to win a match at the World Cup Finals, with 3–1 over Mexico 1978: Abdelmajid Chetali of