{"id":398810,"date":"2017-07-08T06:11:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T06:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/08\/gyan-explains-why-he-took-penalty-against-usa\/"},"modified":"2017-07-08T06:11:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T06:11:29","slug":"gyan-explains-why-he-took-penalty-against-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/08\/gyan-explains-why-he-took-penalty-against-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan explains why he took penalty against USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  8 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-08<\/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\/97769231.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Mls\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Mls\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499494289_921_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Black Stars captain has admitted he wasn&#8217;t the one to take the penalty against USA in the friendly game but did so for a purpose<\/p>\n<p>Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed he personally opted to take the penalty during their 2-1 defeat to USA in an international friendly game in Connecticut on July 1, with the hope of breaking a five-year jinx on his spot kick efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old vowed in 2012 never to get involved in any penalty exercise for Ghana in honour of his deceased mother, who had warned him to avoid spot kicks.<\/p>\n<p>However, he surprisingly stepped forward to execute the kick when the Black Stars were awarded a penalty against the USA. And once more, he failed to transform, reminiscent of his missteps against Uruguay in 2010 and Zambia in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I was not the one to take the penalty kick against USA but I just decided to shoot it,\u201d Gyan was quoted as saying by Joy Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to break that jinx around me that I have not been taking penalty [since 2012] but unfortunately, it did not happen the way I wanted it. But, I am a man and I needed to step up. Those who don\u2019t step up are not recognised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot guarantee [if I will continue to take penalty kicks henceforth after returning] but I am focused on working hard for the nation to achieve success,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan was able to make amends by fetching Ghana\u2019s consolation against the Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p>He completed a move to Turkish side Kayserispor as a free agent in a two-year deal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TbrPsFXnmaE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: 50 --><\/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 Saturday, 8 July 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-07-08 Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan &#13; 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