On Wednesday and Thursday I was at the hotel Ghana in Doha. Sharing the lobby with some Ghanaian players, coaches, press and fans. There, in the middle of the lobby, there are no limits.
On Wednesday, when I arrived, one word was repeated: REVANCH. A colleague from that country revealed it to me, and after a while, I was interviewed by the Official Press of the Ghanaian Federation, and again the ball at the neighbor’s house: the 2010 game was a recurring theme. From yapa, a statement: “For you Suárez is a hero, but in Africa we hate him.”
That match at Soccer City
Uruguay Y Ghana They came to that game on July 2, 2010 with the highest expectations, for a place in the semifinals of the World Cup.
Suárez’s hand in extra time prevented Ghana’s victory, which meant that for the first time an African team made it into the world’s top four.
Nothing can be understood without its context. That game was more than a match. For an “oppressed” continent, as the Ghanaian DT recently said in a press conference otto addoWinning, reaching the semifinals, constitutes a kind of historical claim, a slap in the face of the whites who dominated them for a century and a half.
Africa that game is fully played. South Africa’s main newspaper published on its front page on the morning of July 2, 2010, that headline in catastrophic font: the whole of Africa faces Uruguay. And that’s how the South African fans felt in Soccer City, leaving the Uruguayan side in a vast minority.
It was 1-1, with goals from muntari Y Diego Forlanand in the last minute of overtime, a ball destined for the net was denied by Luis Suarez hand at the finish line. Punishment ended by Asamoah Gyan he crashed into the crossbar, and by definition through penalties, the Uruguayans advanced to the semis.
All those who continue to criticize now Suarez They forgot an important detail: that hand had a triple sanction, the expulsion, the penalty for Ghana and the suspension of the player who could not play in the semifinal against the Netherlands.
It is strange that it is classified as “Devil’s Hand” an action with triple punishment, and as the “Hand of God”, which in 86, was not punished and proved as a goal.
“I didn’t miss the penalty”
In the hotel, and in the press conference on the day of the pre-match, one question yes, another no, but the third yes again, it’s about 2010, and the revenge that all of Africa is looking for.
Luis Suarez, who attended the conference, was clear: “I did not miss the punishment.” It turns out to be the scapegoat for a collective failure, but they forgot that at the foot of like that Glory should have been there, but she crashed into the crossbar.
otto addothe coach of Ghanahe answered every time he was asked about 2010, because there were many questions, there was an enviable common sense.
“Suárez did what any other player would have done. I want everyone to defend their team the way he acted”and focused on Friday’s game, “which is another story.”
That’s the point. No rematches. What was, was, and no one can go back in time and change what happened. This time Ghana missed out on being a semi-finalist and left the whole of Africa disappointed. If you want revenge, the best you can
what to do is focus on what he can change, now and in the future, and seek glory in Qatar now.
Source: La Verdad
I am Shawn Partain, a journalist and content creator working for the Today Times Live. I specialize in sports journalism, writing articles that cover major sporting events and news stories. With a passion for storytelling and an eye for detail, I strive to be accurate and insightful in my work.
