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Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah says despite his sides unfortunate defeat at the on-going FIFA World Cup to the USA, their next opponent [Germany] will face a tougher and well organized Black Stars. Germany earlier trashed Portugal 4-0 in the group G opener but Appiah expects the Black Stars to be ready for the crucial game in Fortaleza on Saturday. According to him, though the German�s have a very formidable squad, his team will do whatever it takes to clinch their first three points of the tournament. �It�s not going to be easy�the Germans have got a very good team but we [Black Stars] will do our best to give them a very good game,� he said during a post-match interview. Ghana lost their first 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup to a tactically disciplined USA team. Clint Dempsey sent the Stars and Stripes into the lead in less than a minute of Monday night's game at the Estadio das Dunas in Natal. Dempsey dribbled his way into the box to side-foot home but Andre Ayew equalised with eight minutes remaining after latching onto a beautiful back-heel pass from captain Asamoah Gyan. Substitute John Brook�s header five minutes to end the game secured a first victory for the Americans over the Black Stars. Kwesi Appiah however admitted that lack of concentration was to partly blame for Ghana�s downfall after describing Dempsey�s fastest goal in the World Cup now as a �disaster�. �I think that early goal was a disaster, it was unfortunate. Loss of concentration cost us big time. All I can say is that it was a very tough game and when you play at this high level any little mistake can cost you dearly,� he said.