Ghana have waited 12 years to exact some sort of revenge on Uruguay over the handball and penalty miss at the 2010 World Cup. Now they have their chance. twoht
Ghana have waited 12 years to exact some sort of revenge on Uruguay over the handball and penalty miss at the 2010 World Cup. Now they have their chance.Notions of gamesmanship and cheating can become extremely blurred in professional sport. Different people have different lines in the sand, and these were put to the ultimate test in a World Cup quarter-final at Soccer City in Johannesburg.
Has there ever been a higher-pressure penalty than the one Asamoah Gyan had to take that day? There were almost 85,000 people inside the stadium and millions watching at home on the television. Furthermore, all the talk before the match had been of Africa getting their first-ever World Cup semi-finalist. There wasn’t just a weight of a country’s expectation on his shoulders as he stepped up to take that kick, it was an entire continent.
But we have to consider the context of this particular incident to understand it. In the 119th minute of a World Cup semi-final, there are almost no opportunities left to rescue things should the ball go into the net. Suarez took the hit of a red card and suspension for the semi-final against the Netherlands. It can hardly be said that he wasn’t punished for his actions. As for the team itself, well, Uruguay lost 3-2 to the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, Uruguay have looked distinctly underwhelming in theirs, having taken just one point and failing to score at all. They’re bottom of their group and need a win to have any chance of getting through to the next round of the competition. On top of this, Suarez is still in the Uruguay squad, six weeks shy of his 36th birthday. He’s not the player he was but he’ll be there, and that may be what really matters to Ghanaians.
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