I weep when Ghanaians criticize Asamoah Gyan for the 2010 WC penalty miss – Anthony Annan
1 min readFormer Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan has called on football enthusiasts to put the unfortunate Gyan penalty miss in the 2010 World Cup game against Uruguay behind them and forge ahead.
Ghana were one kick away from advancing to the semi-finals at the Mundial after Dominic Adiyiah’s header was handled on the goal line Luiz Suarez.
But the resulting penalty kick taken by Asamoah Gyan in the last minute of the extra time hit the crossbar despite the Uruguayan goalkeeper going the wrong way.
July 2 marked the 10th yesr and football enthusiasts still bash Gyan for failing to convert the kick. A victory would have seen Ghana being the first country to reach the last four in a World Cup tournament.
Speaking to Akoma 87.9 FM in Kumasi, Annan stated that: “It pains me when some Ghanaians criticize Asamoah Gyan for the Penalty miss against Uruguay.
” It’s so sad because we all knew he was our first penalty taker but that’s football, you can’t score all the time.
“Appiah didn’t go to Gyan to take the ball from him, he went there to motivate him to score,” he concluded.
Asamoah Gyan remains Ghani’s all time top scorer with 51 goals in 109 appearances after having his debut with the Black Stars in 2003.
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