Tears as Ghana, Uruguay crash out of World Cup

03.12.2022 - 10:25 guardian.ng

Ghana’s Coach Resigns Despite promises from the Black Stars of Ghana to take revenge on Uruguay after being knocked out by the same opposition in controversial circumstances during the 2010 World Cup, they didn’t exactly live up to their promises to beat Uruguay and advance to the next round.

However, that loss may not sting so much for the Black Stars, as both countries were eliminated from the ongoing World Cup despite the South American nation claiming a 2-0 victory in their hotly anticipated grudge match.

Ghana had revenge on their mind going into their clash as 12 years ago, the Black Stars were stopped from becoming the first African team to ever make a World Cup semi-final appearance.With the score locked at 1-1 until the final minute of extra time, Uruguay’s Luis Suarez committed what FIFA dubbed “one of the most infamous handballs in Word Cup history”.

Suarez was sent off for the offence, but Ghana missed the resulting penalty and went on to lose the subsequent penalty shootout.Yesterday, Ghana was given the perfect opportunity to exact revenge following the award of a first-half penalty but Andre Ayew broke the heart of Ghanaians and Africans when his weak shot was effortlessly saved by Uruguay goalkeeper, Sergio Rochet, with that miss soon coming back to haunt them.Before half-time, midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta scored twice to give Uruguay a 2-0 lead and seemingly a place in the knockout stages.But there was to be yet more drama as Group H’s other match saw South Korea net an injury-time winner in the second half against Portugal, as Uruguay and Ghana continued playing.

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The sight of a tearful Luis Suarez hiding his face in his shirt and an enraged Edinson Cavani knocking over a VAR monitor encapsulated Uruguay's sadness and frustration at their World Cup exit.

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