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Uruguay Defeat Ghana On Penalties [FFT Article]


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By Tifosi FC - 3 Jul 2010 7:41 AM

Unbelievable drama at the end of that game. You have to feel for Gyan though.
He will be having nightmares about that for years.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Uruguay Defeat Ghana On Penalties?
URUGUAY defeated Ghana 4-2 on penalties to set up a World Cup semi-final against Holland. The teams were level at 1-1 after extra-time.

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By mickmack - 4 Jul 2010 6:58 PM

jamo91 wrote:
mickmack wrote:
face it, Suarez was simply not a good enough player to defend off the line. Any player worth his salt would have been able to leap into the air to head that ball back out. Fucile tried to do exactly that. Suarez only resorted to cheating because he knew he was not a good enough player to keep the ball out legally.


have you been watching the tournament? hes not exactly played bad.. more likely hes a relatively small player not known for his heading and didnt want to risk his entire nations hopes of a world cup on his heading ability from a close-range attempt at goal. yes its cheating and hell been banned for a while which he would have known he was going to cop as punishment. alot more honour in what he did compared to henry but cheating all the same.


I am not saying he is not a good striker of the ball, I am not saying that he is not a good runner or good at getting in the right position. And yes I have been watching the tournament, and I stand by what I said. Suarez is not a good enough defender on the line, so he cheats.

The same as attacking players who dive simply because they are not good enough to skin the defender or control the ball properly. Same as defenders who hack or come in late because they are not good enough to intercept the ball or read the play to get in the right position.

Cheating is always what players resort to when another player or team is simply better.

In this case the Ghana team were able to put good shots on goal and the Uraguay team were not good enough to clear the ball each time. The final play saw that Fucile tried to legally head the ball out but was not good enough and missed. Suarez knew he was inadequate so he cheated. End of story.