Uruguay

‘It’s cheap to blame Ayew for the missed penalty’- Kudus

Mohammed Kudus, a Ghana midfielder, says it will be cheap to blame Andre Ayew for the Black Stars’ failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Sergio Rochet saved the Ghana captain’s early penalty before Uruguay struck twice in six minutes to defeat the Black Stars 2-0 on Friday at Al Janoub Stadium. The defeat ends the season of the 2010 quarter-finalists, while the win was insufficient to advance La Celeste to the knockout stage. After the game, Kudus, 22, gave a mature interview in...[Read More]

World Cup 2022: ‘We’ll do better next time’ – Kudus

Mohammed Kudus has told Ghanaians that the Black Stars would do better next time following their unfortunate group-stage exit at the 2022 World Cup. Ghana needed just a draw to go to the knockout phase against old foe Uruguay in their last group game on Friday, but were defeated 2-0 at Al Janoub Stadium, with Andre Ayew missing a critical penalty early in the game. Many Ghanaians are disappointed by the botched retaliation, which Mohammed Kudus understands properly and addresses diplomatically. ...[Read More]

Uruguay defeats Ghana but is eliminated from the World Cup

In missions of vengeance, there are no winners. Sentiment demanded that Ghana make amends for the mistakes made against Uruguay in their 2010 World Cup quarterfinal and atone for the harm caused by Luis Suárez’s last-second handball with the game on the line. But Suárez, in particular, and Uruguay don’t have time for such sentimental ideas of atonement. Ghana was once more eliminated after missing a penalty, but they might take solace in the fact that South Korea, not Uruguay, and Po...[Read More]