Asamoah Gyan Breaks Silence: Why He Forgives Luis Suarez’s Infamous Handball Despite Personal Heartbreak
This desperate gamble would pay off though, as Asamoah Gyan blasted the penalty onto the bar and the South American’s win the resulting shootout, in a match which the former Sunderland and Udinese star has never forgotten.
Asamoah Gyan on Ghana’s heartbreaking World Cup 2010 exit
“The team were in top shape for that quarter-final in Johannesburg, and our confidence was very, very high,” Gyan tells FourFourTwo as he reflects on that game plus the impact it had on both his career and the Black Stars. “It was a tough game – Sulley Muntari scored for us from 35 yards just before half-time, but Uruguay came back and equalised through Diego Forlan. We dominated the game, but it went to extra time.
“Then, with no time remaining on the clock after 120 minutes, John Paintsil put a free-kick into the box. There was a scramble, Luis Suarez cleared one shot with his feet, then he stuck his hand out and slapped Dominic Adiyiah’s header away before it crossed the goal-line. If I had been Suarez, I would have done the same thing to save my country. The ball was going in, and he handled it to keep his team in the game.
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