{"id":756399,"date":"2022-01-19T03:56:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T03:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/19\/2021-afcon-andre-ayew-being-sent-off-was-harsh\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T03:56:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T03:56:15","slug":"2021-afcon-andre-ayew-being-sent-off-was-harsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/19\/2021-afcon-andre-ayew-being-sent-off-was-harsh\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 AFCON: Andre Ayew being sent off was harsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642564575_162_Andre-696x392.png\"   alt=\"Andre Ayew sent off\" title=\"Andre Ayew sent off\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Ayew sent off <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, believes Andre Ayew\u2019s sending off was a harsh decision by the referee.<\/p>\n<p>With the Black Stars surprisingly down by one goal, Andre slid in for a rebound after Salim Ben Boina spilled a shot by Kamaldeen Sulemana.<\/p>\n<p>Despite making contact with the ball first, the Al Sadd forward\u2019s momentum carried him into the goalkeeper\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n<p>While Bonia was being treated and eventually substituted, the referee was advised to review the incident and after a review by the Video Assistant Referee, the Ghana captain was sent off.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Gyan, speaking after the game, described the referee\u2019s call as harsh, stating that his former national teammate only had eyes for the ball when he slid in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a harsh decision by the referee,\u201d\u00a0Gyan said on SuperSport TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Andre Ayew] was sliding in, he was trying to score. He got the ball first but unfortunately, he collided with the goalkeeper\u2019s hand,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Milovan Rajevac and his charges were beaten 3-2 by Comoros in their final group game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana exited the tournament without a win after three matches played. The Black Stars finished at the 4th position in Group C.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time since 2006 that the Black Stars have failed to qualify from the group phase of the AFCON.<\/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=\"p8laEok1vXE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra on Adom TV (18-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8laEok1vXE?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 sent off Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, believes Andre Ayew\u2019s sending off was a harsh decision by the referee. With the Black Stars surprisingly down by one goal, Andre slid in for a rebound after Salim Ben Boina spilled a shot by Kamaldeen Sulemana. Despite making contact with the ball first, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":755946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[93,1104,1105,2265],"class_list":["post-756399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afcon","tag-andre","tag-ayew","tag-harsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}