{"id":1260865,"date":"2022-12-02T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/02\/ghana-players-must-be-ready-to-sacrifice\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:44:23","slug":"ghana-players-must-be-ready-to-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/02\/ghana-players-must-be-ready-to-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana players must be ready to sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"385\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/otto-addo-221201-media-g-1050-696x385.jpg\"   alt=\"Otto Addo \u00a9 Gallo Images\" title=\"Otto Addo \u00a9 Gallo Images\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto Addo \u00a9 Gallo Images<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana coach Otto Addo has called on his players to be ready to sacrifice themselves like Luis Suarez did in 2010 as they aim for a place in the World Cup knockout stage at Uruguay\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay striker Suarez broke Ghanaian hearts 12 years ago in South Africa when his deliberate handball stopped a certain goal in the dying moments of their quarterfinal.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez was sent off but Asamoah Gyan missed the resulting penalty and Uruguay then beat the Black Stars in a shootout after the game ended 1-1.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the same incident would have happened the other way around and Ghana would have proceeded to the semifinals, everyone would have said okay, it\u2019s normal that a player would do anything he can to help his team to go to the semifinals,\u201d Oddo said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I wish from every player, to do all he can to help his team qualify, sacrificing himself with a red card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A win on Friday would guarantee Ghana passage from Group H and eliminate Uruguay but Addo said he was not thinking about dumping out Suarez, who was unrepentant over his actions when told he was considered \u201cthe devil himself\u201d by Ghanaians earlier on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very sad day for me\u2026 but this is my perspective,\u201d said Addo. \u201cIf I see it from another perspective it\u2019s a normal thing so for me it\u2019s not a big topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a normal game because the public is making it a different game. But for me, it\u2019s a normal game. We want to qualify for the next stage, we surely want to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us what happened in 2010 is very sad but we can\u2019t change it. 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