{"id":400156,"date":"2017-07-12T07:05:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T07:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/gyan-announces-return-to-regular-ghana-penalty-duties\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T07:05:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T07:05:44","slug":"gyan-announces-return-to-regular-ghana-penalty-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/12\/gyan-announces-return-to-regular-ghana-penalty-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan announces return to regular Ghana penalty duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 12 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-12<\/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\/88512192.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan 100\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan 100\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah Gyan,Black stars captain<\/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\/1499843144_903_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The striker says he has rescinded his decision to be excused from Black Stars penalties within normal time.<\/p>\n<p>It was pretty unusual, judging by events of the last five years, as Asamoah Gyan stepped up for Ghana&#8217;s penalty in the 2-1 friendly defeat to the USA earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Following a series of crucial misses in national colours, the new Kayserispor striker, in 2012, announced his decision to stay away from spot-kicks during regulation time due to the resultant backlash of his failed efforts.<\/p>\n<p>But after taking to the spot against the USA in Hartford, the Ghana captain says he has now availed himself for regular penalty duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely [I&#8217;m back to normal penalty duties] because in my football career, this is the only challenge for me right now,&#8221; Gyan said on GTV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I have had a good career. I\u2019ve had a successful career. Everything that I want in the game, I\u2019ve got it, so this is the only challenge that I need to erase and I know I\u2019m gonna do it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s confirmed now, it\u2019s official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Andre [Ayew] is scoring. Andre is the first penalty taker of the team and he knows that I can take, so we have to decide on the field.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;But right now, I have to erase that thing, people might disagree but we will iee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that we need to learn. As I always say, I am strong mentally. I need to just step up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the American game, I wanted to break that jinx and it didn\u2019t work out. It doesn\u2019t mean I am done because I know how to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, Gyan spurned a last-gasp penalty against Uruguay which could have made Ghana the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the global showpiece.<\/p>\n<p>That was after he had missed an earlier kick against the Czech Republic at the 2006 gathering although an earlier goal in that game, coupled with Ghana&#8217;s 2-0 win, spared his blushes.<\/p>\n<p>After wasting another effort in the Black Stars&#8217; defeat to Zambia at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, the 31-year-old announced his decision to be excused from penalties during normal time.<\/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: 62 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 Wednesday, 12 July 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-07-12 Asamoah Gyan,Black stars captain &#13; The striker says he has rescinded his decision to be excused from Black Stars penalties within normal time. 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