{"id":1261029,"date":"2022-12-02T19:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/02\/andre-ayew-misses-crucial-penalty-as-ghana\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T19:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:09:35","slug":"andre-ayew-misses-crucial-penalty-as-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/02\/andre-ayew-misses-crucial-penalty-as-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Ayew misses crucial penalty as Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"471\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-175449-696x471.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2022-12-02 175449\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Black Stars of Ghana have been eliminated from the ongoing\u00a02022 World Cup in Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The West African country was hoping to secure a place in the last 16 after recording a hard-fought win against South Korea in the second group game at the Education City Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the final group game, Ghana faced Uruguay at the Janoub Stadium. Otto Addo paraded a squad that left Ghanaians raising questions, especially with the return of Baba Rahman.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars started the game on a bright note\u00a0and were awarded a spot kick in their first attempt on goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus was brought down in the box of the South Americans by Sergio Rochet Alvarez.\u00a0 However, Andre Ayew failed to convert the spot kick.<\/p>\n<p>But Georgian De Arrascaeta scored twice in the first half but it wasn\u2019t enough to send them to the last 16.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder opened the scoring after 26 minutes wider close-range header as he followed up Luis Suarez\u2019s saved effort.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez, who was inevitably involved in a replay of the controversial 2010 South Africa World Cup tie, set up De Arrascaeta excellently for his second as he clipped a ball over the top of the Ghana defense for De Arrascaeta to latch onto and fire home.<\/p>\n<p>After recess, Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew were substituted with Osman Bukari and Kamaldeen Suelemana taking up their place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ghana attacked the box of the Uruguayans but lacked the cutting edge to find the back of the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus came close but his effort was punched away. Sulemana and Semenyo all came close but could not find the back of the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the match entered the final 10 minutes Uruguay thought they had done enough to reach the knockouts, only for South Korea to score a late winner against group winners Portugal to clinch the second spot.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Uruguay and Ghana are both eliminated from the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time Ghana has failed to qualify for the last 16 of the Fifa World Cup. 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