World Cup – Ghana took revenge on Uruguay: “I told my players: ‘if we fall, they too’

The strength of the symbol. Twelve years later, Ghana wanted revenge against Uruguay and Luis Suárez. Exorcising your demons and hoping for qualification in the round of 16. This Friday, all the planets almost aligned: penalty for Ghana after the intervention of the VAR and golden opportunity to take the lead. The strength of the symbol, again: it was André Ayew, the only survivor of the trauma of 2010, who started against Sergio Rochet.

But Ghana’s destiny is apparently to fail in the exercise against Uruguay. For the first time in the entire history of the World Cup, a team missed twice against the same team from the penalty spot. Ayew saw his strike repelled and the dream crumbled. “It’s football, it happens. If we score that penalty, I think we kill them. But we miss it, and we see the game change“, regretted Daniel Amartey, the Ghanaian defender, in the mixed zone.

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We saw that Uruguay needed to score on the giant screen

But the honor is still except for the Black Stars. Failing to qualify, they did everything to prevent the Uruguayans from doing so. While Celeste only needed one goal and Ghana already had two feet out, Otto Addo’s men gave it their all in a stab at the end of the game. Aware of the situation, the Ghanaians played as if their lives depended on it.

“Yes, we saw that Uruguay needed to score on the giant screena résumé Amartey. I told my team that we needed a goal, but so did they, so we had to defend. If we don’t pass, neither will they. For me it was important“If 2010 undoubtedly played a role, it was also the attitude of the Uruguayans that triggered this reaction of pride.

“Suarez, you barely touch him…”

And the feeling only grew stronger at the final whistle, the moment chosen by the Uruguayan players to frankly shake the referee of the meeting, after a forgotten penalty on Edinson Cavani. “We know themsimply dropped Amartey. Suarez, you barely touch him, he falls. Maybe they wanted more time, maybe for the missed penalty…“.

“We asked Edi for the penalty because the defender cut his run, then the one on Darwin (Nunez) was also very clear…“confirmed a heartbroken Suarez a few minutes later. So, in the end, if he is disappointed for his people, Amartey believes that Uruguay got what they deserved. “Should they be punished for this attitude? I think sohe blurted out again. We respect the referee. If the match is over, it’s over. If my team had had this attitude, I would probably have reacted, but when it’s the opponent, I can’t say anything. I leave that to the referee“.

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