Senegal 1 - South Africa 1, in Kumasi To be honest the game was relatively awful and there was not much excitement in it. We paid two pounds to gain entry to the cheap seats.

Initially we sat with the South Africa supporters but moved on to all the other areas of the ground. During our time we made contact with a small group of Ghanaian children around 13 or14 years-old. They were very much interested in England and our vast number of Premiership stars. These kids are very much the future of Africa, all of them embrace modern technology and are eager to bring it to Ghana. I wish them good luck and hope that British companies will see some opportunities here in Ghana.

Moving around the stadium to the 200 or so Senegalese fans was interesting. They seemed to be beating their drum as though their lives depended upon it; luckily we managed to get a few photos and escape to the VIP area.

After the match we headed back to our hotel by taxi for a meal and hard earned rest.

We had a very entrepreneurial cab driver tonight, he wanted an extortionate amount for the ten minute trip. We finally agreed on far less - but I liked his style. Some foreigners may have paid his first bid.

Kumasi to Accra Having booked our flights on the internet we turned up at Kumasi Airport with reservation number in hand, but unfortunately the company in question did not see it that way and had no record of our booking. Their flight was now full up and the next plane to Accra was in five hours.

We then had ten minutes of chaos while they desperately tried to get us on a flight with another carrier that had already officially closed.

Between leaving our cab and being on the plane was about 15 minutes (I am not sure they even issued us with any tickets). We paid them with a mixture of local currency, sterling, Euros and US Dollars (It will probably take us the rest of the evening to work out exactly how much we paid).

Back in Accra We are back in Accra tonight and are starting to relax. We decided to try and get our quarter final tickets for Ghana versus Nigeria. It will be a top event and the ground will be full to the rafters.

Going back to our contact at the bank (Martha) she tells us that they have been given no tickets but she suspects that the head office next door may have some. We go into this air conditioned oasis and are immediately escorted to the manager.

She has a wad of tickets on her desk and after pleasantries were exchanged we were very lucky to purchase three tickets for £12(We kept two for ourselves and gave the other one to Martha for all of her help).

This is the biggest game of the year for African football and we are there.

I wonder how may of the locals are going to be so lucky. We are now relaxing over the next 24 hours but are looking forward to the exciting build up on Sunday evening.

In the meantime, we will be watching the premiership action on Saturday afternoon.

It is good to be back in the relative luxury of our hotel.