{"id":1261409,"date":"2022-12-04T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/04\/andre-ayew-not-the-reason-for-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:14:43","slug":"andre-ayew-not-the-reason-for-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/04\/andre-ayew-not-the-reason-for-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Ayew not the reason for Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"471\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1670065316_785_Screenshot-2022-12-02-175449-696x471.png\"   alt=\"Andre Ayew fails to convert spotkick\" title=\"Andre Ayew fails to convert spotkick\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Ayew fails to convert spotkick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus says Andre Ayew\u2019s early penalty miss was not the reason Ghana suffered another defeat at the hands of Uruguay on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo and his charges were\u00a0hoping to secure a spot at the knockout stage of the 2022 World Cup and needed a draw against the South American side ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars were rewarded with a penalty in the 21st minute when Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet brought down Mohammed Kudus but Andre Ayew, who is the skipper for the side\u00a0stepped up and saw his kick saved.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Following the miss, Uruguay scored two quick goals with Luis Suarez setting up Giorgian De Arrascaeta for both goals.<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay held on to clinch all three points but both countries crashed out of the Qatar World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2022 World Cup: Asamoah Gyan tears Black Stars players apart after\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the painful exit, the 22-year-old Ajax star refused to dwell on the inability of his skipper to make the penalty he won count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the penalty miss by Andre Ayew was the key moment in the match. The easiest thing we can do\u00a0is to blame\u00a0one person,\u201d the playmaker said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the second half, I also\u00a0got\u00a0chances that I could have scored. It qualified as a penalty, too. We all had chances to have an effect on the game, so I don\u2019t really think the penalty had an effect on the whole performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndre is a\u00a0great\u00a0leader and a\u00a0great\u00a0captain. After the penalty miss, he was still in the game and stood up for the team like everyone did but the result\u00a0went\u00a0the other way so we learn from it and stay positive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The miss by Andre Ayew makes Ghana\u00a0the first country to fail to convert two penalties against a single opponent in World Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>In the bitter defeat to the Uruguayans in South Africa in 2010, Asamoah Gyan struck the upright in extra time, and now Ayew.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana exited the tournament with just three points.<\/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=\"xI9xwDYB-Vs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Re-operationalising Tollbooths: Tollbooth workers react to announcement in 2023 budget (02-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xI9xwDYB-Vs?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>Andre Ayew fails to convert spotkick Mohammed Kudus says Andre Ayew\u2019s early penalty miss was not the reason Ghana suffered another defeat at the hands of Uruguay on Friday. 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