Ghana still stands out as Africa’s best bet at the World Cup with the rest of the continent’s representatives struggling to keep hopes alive.

The Black Stars’ 1-0 victory over Serbia on June 13 remains the only win secured by an African side at the competition so far and it’s given the continent hope of an African success as the likes of Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria, Ivory Coast and hosts South Africa all chase their first win after a set of disappointing results.

For Andre Ayew, the Black Stars are enjoying massive support which compares to playing back home in Ghana. He says the team will continue to give off their best in their remaining group matches to make the continent proud.

“It [game against Serbia] felt like we were playing in Ghana,” said Ghanaian midfielder Andre Ayew.

“We had that feeling that the people were behind us, they wanted us to succeed and we are going to try to make them proud,” he said.

For the many fans, especially South Africans, despite the setbacks, they would be cheering every African team in support of the continent.

“We don’t care which one—we want any African team to win the World Cup,” said South African fan Ali Chauke who is backing Ghana.

“They say football unites a nation—here it is uniting a continent,” said Nigerian fan Ugonoma Ezulike.

Most fans said either Ghana or Ivory Coast would be the most likely teams to realise the African dream.