Ghana captain, Andre Ayew, has lamented his missed penalty kick against Uruguay during the Black Stars’ decisive last Group H match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Uruguay beat Ghana 2-0 at the Al Janoub Stadium but both nations failed to advance to the Round of 16.
The Black Stars, on three points, finished at the bottom of the group. Portugal won the Group with six points, while South Korea (4 points) and Uruguay (4 points) finished in second and third positions.
Ghana’s skipper Andre Ayew missed a penalty kick and Giorgian de Arrascaeta subsequently scored in the 26th and 32nd minute to give Uruguay the victory.
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Ayew berated himself for the missed penalty but maintained a positive outlook after the game.
“We had the opportunity to get to the next stage, I missed the penalty,” Sportsworldghana.com quoted Ayew as saying.
“It’s difficult to take, we did not get it right. I am very optimistic about the future. I am sad but we will try and make it better.”
Ayew scored one goal in three Group matches played at Qatar 2022.
This was Ghana’s fourth appearance at the FIFA World Cup after previously participating in Germany 2006, South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014.
By Toju Sote
8 Comments
Still not retiring?
He should just go and join Sulley Muntari in the Ghana Premier League, he & Jordan are wastepipes…..short-2 for that team anytime they take to the field, then that Baba Rahman or something….. chai
This is what over ambition does to anyone in life
He wanted to surpass gyan record in the wc and God punished this complacent idiot
Face ur disgrace and karma has finally caught up with him after backstabbing gyan all these years!!
If I may ask, how was he backstabbing Gyan?
@ ola
Bro a lot but I ll keep it as a secret
Hahahahah.. We are banku!!!!
WE ARE GHANA!!………..How market nah???? It’s now: WE ARE BANKU!! ….LOL..Abeg, where comoros dem dy make dem come finish up the job they started..hahahahah.
We are Ghana! Wai. We have made it a tradition to WIN AND WASTE a penalty against Uruguay in every world cup. We thought we played well against Portugal. We won South Korea and it was like we have won the world cup, the same feeling we had when we drew with Nigeria. We set our sights on Uruguay, and we said there’s no place for them to hide. We’ll give it to them wotowotowotowoto… Paaa. Lo and behold, Uruguay brought out our nemesis, Suarez, who is the most hated man in Ghana. We are Ghana. Suarez had no mercy as he delivered another venomous bite, leaving us drooling in pain for daring to look the vampire in the face. Hahaha… We have fought and ran away this time. We live to fight another day. We are Ghana, the black stars that cannot shine.