This time, the tears were shared. jonawils on Ghana and Uruguay’s rematch 12 years in the making—one with PK déjà vu, a villain who happily played the part and the South Korean twist that wound up ensuring neither would walk away fulfilled
one moment has haunted Ghanaian football
Suarez, in an act of magnificent chutzpah, had presented himself unapologetically at the pre-match press conference—appearing alone, not even sharing duties with his coach Diego Alonso. Faced with a furious Ghanaian journalist calling him “the devil himself” and saying that many in Ghana wanted to “retire” him, he insisted he had no regrets, pointing out it wasn’t his fault Gyan had missed the subsequent penalty.
Did Ghana play Suárez rather than the game? Perhaps. Certainly it lacked the attacking fluency it had shown against South Korea or late on against Portugal. And yet it had its chance after Sergio Rochet tripped Mohammed Kudus to concede a 21st-minute penalty. In the circumstances, there was only player who could step up—André Ayew, the only Ghana player at Al Janoub Stadium who had also played at Soccer City—and perhaps only one outcome.
At that point, it seemed to be advantage, Uruguay. But the Korea fightback in the other match was just beginning. In the end, the crucial moment was just before the hour mark, as Daniel Amartey clumsily challenged Darwin Núñez. Siebert didn’t give a penalty and, told by VAR to check the screen, unusually stuck to his original decision, gesturing that Amartey had taken some of the ball. He had, but the question seemed rather whether he had gone through Núñez to get there.
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