England weren’t the only team in Group L to win their World Cup opener after raising their game in the second half.Ghana, the next opponents for Thomas Tuchel’s side in Boston on Tuesday, shook off a cautious start against Panama to win in Toronto last week with a dramatic 95th-minute goal from Caleb Yirenkyi.No wonder new coach Carlos Queiroz went onto the pitch at the end to celebrate victory in only his second game in charge, just 70 days after Sir Alex Ferguson’s former No 2 at Manchester United replaced Otto Addo on a four-month contract.Ghana, who couldn’t even qualify for last season’s Africa Cup of Nations after finishing bottom of their qualifying group, now have genuine hope of reaching the knock-out stage of the World Cup for the first time since 2010 in South Africa when the Black Stars reached the quarter-finals.They will be happy to take a point against England who will start the game as clear favourites and should be good enough to claim their second win of the tournament. Ghana are England’s second opponents at the World Cup – and can hurt them with paceHowever, a Ghana side buoyed by the return of Thomas Partey could prove hard to break down, and will pose a threat on the break through powerful attacking players like star man Antoine Semenyo.Late to the ParteyAlthough he was granted a US visa for Ghana’s pre-World Cup training camp and group games against England and Croatia, Partey was barred from entering Canada for the Panama match after the former Arsenal midfielder was charged with seven counts of rape and one of sexual assault in the UK. Partey, who has pleaded not guilty, will go on trial in London next year.Assuming the experienced 33-year-old from Villarreal goes straight into the starting line-up, it remains to be seen who makes way.Queiroz started with a 4-1-4-1 formation against Panama – with Elisha Owusu in the deeper role, and Kamaldeen Sulemana alongside Yirenkyi in midfield – before switching to 4-4-2.In his other game in charge, a 1-1 draw against Wales, Queiroz started Partey and Owusu in central midfield before replacing them with Kwasi Sibo and Yirenkyi, the promising 20-year-old from Danish club FC Nordsjaelland.Yirenkyi did his chances of facing England no harm at all despite playing three-quarters of the Panama game on a yellow card, as he started the move for the winning goal on halfway and finished it by getting on the end of Brandon Thomas-Asante’s low cross to score from close range. Thomas Partey was barred from entering Canada but returns to face England on TuesdayCautious QueirozQueiroz has built a reputation as a pragmatic, defence-minded coach during a long career that has taken him to four previous World Cups with Portugal and Iran. The 73-year-old former Real Madrid boss and United No 2 has vast international experience having also coached the UAE, South Africa, Colombia, Egypt, Qatar and Oman.It was no surprise to see him set up so cautiously against Panama given that he has had little time to work with the Ghana squad, and he is likely to take the same approach against England.Not only is that Queiroz’s nature, Ghana have been stripped of their main creative spark in Mohammed Kudus who was ruled out of the World Cup due to the thigh injury he suffered playing for Tottenham in January.In the first half against Panama, the veteran boss chose to lean heavily on the defensive belligerence that saw Ghana concede on average 0.6 goals-a-game in qualifying, dropping just five points from 10 games. At the heart of the defensive effort last week was 6ft 5in Jerome ?Opoku and Jonas Adjetey, his partner at centre-back who is shorter but more of a threat on set-pieces.Still, Ghana struggled against Panama’s athleticism and wide players, and England have enough of that in abundance to cause them plenty of problems.Lawrence Zigi – one of those goalkeepers who doesn’t like to catch the ball when punching it will do – took enough physical punishment keeping Panama out that he was replaced by Benjamin Asare at the interval. Carlos Queiroz is pictured with Sir Alex Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man UnitedConcerned by his team’s attacking impotence that saw them fail to have a single shot in the first half, Queiroz switched to 4-4-2.First Sulemana and then Semenyo were deployed to help captain Jordan Ayew, the former Leicester forward who moved ahead of his brother Andre with a 121st cap against Panama but only once threatened to add to his 11 goal involvements in qualifying.Like England, Ghana came alive in the second half and particularly when Coventry’s Thomas-Asante and Leicester winger Abdul Fatawu replaced Sulemana and Ernest Nuamah just before the hour mark.Freed of their shackles, they looked more comfortable on the front foot and had seven shots before eventually getting their reward. ‘The first half was to suffer against a great team. We knew they would control the game,’ said Queiroz, suggesting that it was all part of the plan.England can expect more of the same: a cagey approach from opponents who have power and pace to hit them on the break, and more in reserve on the bench if needed. Antoine Semenyo has often struggled to reproduce his success at club level under QueirozAntoine alertFor some reason, Semenyo has often struggled to reproduce his success at club level on the international stage.The man who scored 21 goals for Bournemouth and Manchester City last season – including the winner in the FA Cup final after making a £65million move to the Etihad – has just three in 35 games for Ghana.The Black Stars’ danger man struggled again in the first half against Panama, having a meagre eight touches of the ball. In fact, Semenyo went fully 23 minutes without one before he set up a half chance before the break.Given more licence to come in off the left flank in the second half, he had a greater impact and ended up with the man-of-the-match award for instigating a much improved performance from Ghana. It was no surprise that he had a hand in the winning goal, playing in Thomas-Asante who got to the ball ahead of Norwich defender Jose Cordoba before crossing for Yirenkyi to score.England will be well aware of Semenyo’s capabilities, not least defenders John Stones, Marc Guehi and Nico O’Reilly who all play with him at City. If they can contain the 26-year-old winger, they will go a long way towards securing another win for Tuchel’s side.