{"id":400013,"date":"2017-07-11T20:08:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T20:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/11\/i-know-ghanaians-are-disappointed-asamoah-gyan\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T20:08:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T20:08:30","slug":"i-know-ghanaians-are-disappointed-asamoah-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/11\/i-know-ghanaians-are-disappointed-asamoah-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"I know Ghanaians are disappointed \u2013 Asamoah Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 11 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-11<\/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\/43204402.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asa6\" title=\"Asa6\" width=\"295\" height=\"154\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Gyan was tongue lashed by Ghanaian football fans when he failed to score a back-to-back penalty<\/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\/1499803710_195_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has admitted effectively executing from the spot has been his nemesis throughout his football career.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year old striker is Ghana\u2019s all-time top scorer with 51 international goals under his belt but spot kicks have been his headache.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan was tongue lashed by Ghanaian football fans when he failed to score a back-to-back penalty opportunities for the Black Stars during the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations against Uruguay and Zambia respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Ghanaians are disappointed because I have missed a couple of penalty kicks in crucial games, but as a footballer that has been the only challenge in my career,\u201d Gyan told GTV\u2019s Kwabena Yeboah.<\/p>\n<p>The former Sunderland forward said he has to go back to taking penalties as it is the only way to overcome the plague.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019For now I have decided to go back and take penalties for the Black Stars and break that jinx. I wanted to break that spell in the game against the USA but unfortunately it didn\u2019t happen,\u201d the Baby Jet opened.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian recently signed a fresh two-year contract with Turkish Super League side Kayserispor.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Tuesday, 11 July 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-07-11 Gyan was tongue lashed by Ghanaian football fans when he failed to score a back-to-back penalty &#13; Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has admitted effectively executing from the spot has been his nemesis throughout his football career. 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