{"id":1234999,"date":"2022-10-26T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/26\/it-will-be-a-sweet-revenge-if-black-stars-beat-uruguay\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T11:31:23","slug":"it-will-be-a-sweet-revenge-if-black-stars-beat-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/26\/it-will-be-a-sweet-revenge-if-black-stars-beat-uruguay\/","title":{"rendered":"It will be a sweet revenge if Black Stars beat Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-26-103334-696x464.png\"   alt=\"GFA boss Kurt Okraku [L] and Ex-President Mahama [R]\" title=\"GFA boss Kurt Okraku [L] and Ex-President Mahama [R]\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">GFA boss Kurt Okraku [L] and Ex-President Mahama [R]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama, has urged the Black Stars to beat Uruguay in the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar next month.<\/p>\n<p>After an entertaining game against the two-time world champions, the Black Stars were eliminated at the quarterfinals during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana had a glorious opportunity to play in the semifinals but Asamoah Gyan failed to convert the spot kick after Luis Suarez prevented Dominic Adiyah\u2019s goal-bound header with his hand.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Ghana, who make a return to the tournament after missing out on the 2018 edition in Russia, take on Portugal in their first game in Group H on November 24 before playing South Korea and Uruguay on November 28 and December 2 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Mahama, it will be sweet revenge if Ghana records a win against the South American side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we are in a group of death. The teams in our group are the strongest and look at what faith has made, bringing Uruguay into our Group again,\u201d former President Mahama said as quoted by ghanafa.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be sweet revenge if we score them and so even if you don\u2019t beat anybody, just beat Uruguay for me and let\u2019s pay Suarez back for what he did to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars will play Switzerland in an International friendly on November 17, before travelling to Qatar for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"N4XpVupJ5jc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (25-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4XpVupJ5jc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GFA boss Kurt Okraku [L] and Ex-President Mahama [R] Former Ghana President, John Dramani Mahama, has urged the Black Stars to beat Uruguay in the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar next month. 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