{"id":1242794,"date":"2022-11-03T15:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/03\/i-scored-20-penalties-in-training-before-uruguay-miss\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:11:03","slug":"i-scored-20-penalties-in-training-before-uruguay-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/03\/i-scored-20-penalties-in-training-before-uruguay-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"I scored 20 penalties in training before Uruguay miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/59057259.jpg\"   alt=\"Asamoah Gyan\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asamoah Gyan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, has revealed he scored\u00a020 penalties in training a day before missing his crucial penalty against Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana was on the verge of becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup during the 2010 Mundial in South Africa\u00a0before losing on penalties to the South American side following a 1-1 draw in regulation and extra time.<\/p>\n<p>The West African side had a penalty in the final seconds of extra time after Luis Suarez blocked Dominic Adiyah\u2019s\u00a0goal-bound header.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Suarez was sent off but Gyan missed from the spot, with Uruguay going on to record a 4-2 victory in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA day before the Uruguay game, I shot 20 penalties against our goalkeeper at training,\u201d\u00a0Gyan told FIFA in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI scored all 20. I was going to my left side of the goalkeeper and I saw him and then I saw him going to my right when I was shooting the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe feinted me and then he went to where the ball was going. I didn\u2019t know how the ball went up. Technically there was something wrong. I didn\u2019t have the right technique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over 12 years after that incident, Gyan believes he let down his country and the whole continent by missing that penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI let the whole continent, my country down. Anytime I\u2019m alone in a room, it just pops up in my mind. I\u2019m going to live with it for the rest of my life,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ghana will face the two-time world champions in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/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=\"8XboNZ5Encs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPA suspends subsidy on residual fuel oil to aid manufacturers stay in business (2-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8XboNZ5Encs?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>Asamoah Gyan Former Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, has revealed he scored\u00a020 penalties in training a day before missing his crucial penalty against Uruguay. 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