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At World Cup 2010 in South Africa, Ghana were the talk of the tournament, they had progressed further than they ever had in the tournament, and had the hopes of an entire continent on their shoulders. They had taken, former winners, Uruguay to the 121st minute of extra time, moments away from a place in the semi-finals.
That is until Luis Suarez punched the ball off the line. This is the story of how one illegal goalline clearance and one missed penalty changed the history of football in Ghana. Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor, illustrated by Henry Cooke.
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He shouldve been banned from international football from that incident. Then he goes on to biting people…
in my opinion if suarez didn't do what he did to save the shot, he should not be recognised as an all time great. Imagine you are of the 0.0001% of people who get a job where you are passionate about, magnify that to where you are a tiny percentage of a tiny percentage, recognised for your skill and success in the game, it makes no sense to me that he would'nt've done what he did. To play at the highest level, to represent your country in the craft that you dedicate since childhood, sacrificing your adolensence to have a chance of bringing eternal glory in YOUR game that you are one of the best at (at the time). If a footballer refuses to claw for a win like the way Suarez did, he would've never reached his level of greatness. Maradona played foul to win a world cup, Cristiano is viewed as a disagreeable person, but these few individuals have a switch that the regular man could not even dream of conceptualising, much less even trying to understand, because they do not understand the work it requires, the blood, sweat and tears they have put in just to stand for another second on that pitch.
Great save!
Henry’s handball vs Ireland
It is to be noted that Ghana won the last minute free kick through diving (cheating), so I actually felt that the handball and consequent penalty miss were in a sense footballing justice.
Suarez is a born winner and did what he had to do
You should clarify that the referee was playing for Ghana the whole match, for example the free kick that ended in Suarez's handball never existed
It was definitely a devastating feeling for a lot of fans, but it's not cheating, everything was done according to the rules. One can claim this should've led to changes in the rules, you can argue about that (although to me, it's a high risk low reward thing that only manifests on rare occassions and doesn't need to be changed), but cheating it was not.
As a neutral fan I understand why Ghana fans would be mad about this but also, massive respect for Suarez. Very few people have the balls to sacrifice themselves like this without any guarantee of success just to give their teammates one last chance to win it. Yes, he broke the rules, but the way I see it, he did what no one else would for his country and it paid off. Ghana were given a penalty and Suarez got a red card which was an appropriate punishment for his actions. I was 17 back then and it was a great game to watch! Y
How about a rule of a penalty goal, like a penalty try in Rugby. Where its a blatant professional foul like suarez did
Love Suarez. Loved what he did for his teams. Anyone of us would do the same.
Sorry Uruguay have a habit of squashing dreams. Keep practising.
The worst football moment ever
It was a brilliant move, he'd be stupid not to do it.
When Tifo changed a video title.
Luiz suarez biggest bite😂
I’d do the exact same if i was playing for England. I don’t care about the opposition or fair play. He got his punishment: A red card and ban.
Imo ghana never should have complained. They got the penalty, and its on them that they missed
"If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary." -Jim Rohn
Bro gave em a hand 💀