Grant jumps in deep end with Ghana

By Mark Gleeson MONGOMO, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) - Avram Grant admits he has jumped into the deep end taking over Ghana just before the African Nations Cup finals but after almost a month with his new players reckons he is getting on swimmingly. The former Chelsea manager saw his team through to the quarter-finals in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday after a storming come-from-behind win against South Africa in their final group match in Mongomo where a double substitution midway through the second half was followed by two goals in 10 minutes. You saw how we bounced back after we lost our first match." Grant was under immediate pressure from a skeptical media and public after Ghana let a lead slip and lost to a last-gasp goal against Senegal in their opening group game but beat Algeria and South Africa to advance. HOMEWORK Ghana, who have a rich history in the tournament, turned to Grant just one month before the finals having taken three months to replace Kwesi Appiah, who was dismissed not long after last year's World Cup.



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