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‘Rewind the world for me ‘ – Asamoah Gyan rues 2010 penalty miss

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Ghana Black Stars General Captain Asamoah Gyan has expressed regrets in his 2010 FIFA World cup quarter finals penalty miss against South American side Uruguay that eliminated Ghana from the competition.

Gyan, who had previously scored 2 penalties in that tournament and was clear favorite to take the penalty for Ghana.

Gyan maintains he’s been haunted by the miss, and sometimes feels the world should go back for him to correct his mistakes.

“Till today, anytime am alone, it still hunts me, sometimes I feel like the world should go back again so I can redeem myself, but I know this is something that will haunt me for the rest of my life, I accept that becuase there is nothing I can do about it”. Asamoah Gyan told TV3’s Juliet Bawuah.

The Indian premier league side, North-East United striker maintains he had good intentions of saving his country, but ended up being the villain with the Penalty miss.

“I went there to save my country, but ended up being the villain which I accept it, because I know how people feel.”

The former Liberty Professionals, Sunderland, Al Ain, Shanghai SIPG star is Ghana’s leading top scorer with 51 goals, and over 109 appearances for the senior national team.

By Seidu Adamu/Photo Credit via 442gh

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