{"id":397696,"date":"2017-07-02T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T18:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/02\/trending-gh-ghanaians-sympathise-with-asamoah-gyan-following-penalty-miss\/"},"modified":"2017-07-02T18:09:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T18:09:18","slug":"trending-gh-ghanaians-sympathise-with-asamoah-gyan-following-penalty-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/02\/trending-gh-ghanaians-sympathise-with-asamoah-gyan-following-penalty-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"Trending GH: Ghanaians sympathise with Asamoah Gyan following penalty miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday,  2 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/58920874.295.jpg\" alt=\"Trending Gh 332\" title=\"Trending Gh 332\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Some Ghanaians believe Asamoah Gyan should be given another chance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265053595\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265053595\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499018958_205_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The strides made by several Ghanaian players globally has touted the country\u2019s football flair across the globe. Its dexterous players playing heterogeneously for different teams across the globe is remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>Mother of all teams in Ghana is the Blacks Stars which has made not only Ghana but the entire African continent proud.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its feats however, several players in the team have come under criticisms in various instances.<\/p>\n<p>One person who has sparked criticism from sections of the public is Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan. Gyan has been trolled severally by Ghanaians for missing penalty shoot outs in some games.<\/p>\n<p>On 2nd July 2010, Asamoah Gyan missed a penalty in the field of play after Ghana progressed beyond the group stage and reached the quarter finals. Ghana was defeated by Uruguay on penalties after Luis Su\u00e1rez controversially handballed on the goal line deep into extra time, denying Ghana an almost certain winning goal.<\/p>\n<p>Had Ghana won their quarter final, they would have become the first African nation to progress to the semi-finals of the world cup, but the stars were denied the opportunity when Gyan\u2019s shot struck the goal post leading to their defeat in the 4-2 in the shoot-out.<\/p>\n<p>Captain, Asamoah Gyan for a long time after the last, refused to take a penalty for his country, his reason; his late mother advised him not to take any penalties moving forward<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLuck didnt shine on his path when he decided to take another try at it as it only resulted in another miss in Saturday\u2019s game with the USA.<\/p>\n<p>The penalty saw Ghana lose in a 2-1 defeat to USA on Saturday July 1, 2017 at the Pratt and Whitney stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana who were trailing 1-0, were awarded a penalty on the stroke of half time after Frank Acheampong was brought down in the box.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaians despite their displeasure at the Captain\u2019s performance as far as penalties are concerned, have sympathised with him. For many, they would rather prefer that he remains in that position seeing the remarkable efforts he has made in previous games at least until an \u201cequally qualified and experienced\u201d player is identified for that role.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Q1uBcKYm3A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Sunday, 2 July 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-07-02 play videoSome Ghanaians believe Asamoah Gyan should be given another chance &#13; The strides made by several Ghanaian players globally has touted the country\u2019s football flair across the globe. 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