It was 1-1 between Ghana and Uruguay in the World Cup 2010. Extra time was coming to an end when Suárez resorted to illegal means to prevent a fateful Ghana goal. He saved with his hand, got a red card and was sent off. But Ghana missed the penalty and later lost on penalties. Suárez celebrated like crazy – and suddenly he was hated by the entire Ghanaian population. With victory in that match, Ghana had become the first African nation to reach a semi-final in the World Cup. At a press conference on Thursday, a Ghanaian reporter got the floor and told Suárez that in Ghana he is seen as “the devil himself”, and asked the striker if he intends to apologize for what happened 12 years ago. THE 2022 VERSION: Suárez at a press conference in Qatar. Photo: PABLO PORCIUNCULA / AFP – I have not apologized. I raised, but the Ghana player missed, not me. I might be able to say sorry if I had hurt someone in a tackle, then I might have reason to be sorry. But missing penalties is not my fault. It is not my responsibility, he says. The incident is obviously fresh in the Uruguayan’s memory as well, but the memory is probably heaviest for Ghanaians. – It is not easy to be sent off in a World Cup. But the way I was sent off today, to be honest, it’s worth it,” Suárez told the AP news agency at the time. The striker celebrated like crazy both after Gyan’s penalty miss and when Uruguay finally won the game. The TV images of Suárez in a euphoria were, to say the least, poorly received by those with a heart for Ghana. THE CELEBRATION: The images of a jubilant Suárez after the match in 2010 did not go down well with the Ghana fans. Photo: HENRY ROMERO / Reuters “All of Ghana hates him” Ibrahim Ayew, who was part of Ghana’s World Cup squad in 2010, tells The Athletic this week that Suárez is still blacklisted in the African country. – The whole of Ghana hates him, and the whole of Africa hates him, says Ayew to the website. When asked if it is really about hatred, 12 years later, he answers a resounding yes, – We hate him. And we want revenge, says the former national team player. The Suárez glove: Right or wrong? Absolutely fine He shouldn’t have done it Show result news’s football expert Tete Lidbom, who has a Ghanaian father, understands why Suárez is so hated. But even he doesn’t think like that anymore. – I personally have been through a journey that has made me a better person. I have chosen to forgive him. I did it two or three years after it happened. It’s also because I like the dirty part of the game, it should be allowed to do anything to win. I must also be allowed to pay tribute to what he did, says Lidbom. When the expert heard what Suárez said on Thursday about the hand at the press conference, i.e. 12 years later, he exclaimed: – It is enormous. That’s what’s so terrible here. I recognize myself in Luis Suárez. That’s the kind of guy I was on the field myself. I would do that too. I agree that in the end it was Asamoah Gyan who put it in the crossbar. I have forgiven him. But there is still a wound in my soccer heart, and I will still appreciate a win over Uruguay tomorrow. RIVALS: Kwarasey is very excited about the new World Cup match between Ghana and Uruguay. Photo: Carina Johansen / NTB The former Norwegian footballer – and Ghanaian national team player – Adam Larsen Kwarasey – compares the match to a Norwegian sporting highlight. – It is a day that everyone remembers. In a negative sense. Same as Kjetil Rekdal’s penalty for Norway against Brazil. There’s that kind of memory around it, just that we didn’t make it. It is an incident that no one forgets and that is told to children who grow up, that we were so and so close, says Kwarasey to news. Don’t believe in a new Suárez hand news got the floor at the press conference with the Uruguayan coach Diego Alonso before Friday’s fateful match. When asked if he wants Suárez to do something similar in that match if it means they win, or if he would rather have more fair play, the Uruguayan manager replies as follows: – Every match is different and I don’t think we will get the same situation tomorrow. Let’s just focus on playing a good match, then we have a better chance of winning the match, says Alonso to news. He received several questions about Ghana’s relationship with Uruguay after the situation from 2010. But the coach wants to spend as little energy as possible on what happened. – I don’t know if Ghana sees it as an opportunity for revenge or not. We just want to focus on the game and do what it takes to move on, says the Uruguayan coach. ASSISTANCE: Thomas Partey gets help with the earplugs at the press conference. Photo: BENOIT TESSIER / Reuters When Arsenal player Thomas Partey appeared at Ghana’s press conference in the same room a little later, he was told that Suarez would not apologize for what happened in 2010. The Premier League player did not take the opportunity to criticize Suárez. – I was very young when the match was played. Anything can happen in football, we were unlucky when the penalty didn’t go in. We know what we have to do to win the game tomorrow, Partey replied disarmingly. More biting episodes Whether there will be more controversies in the 2022 edition of the settlement, we will still have to wait and see. But the WC expulsion is far from the only scandal Suárez has been involved in. During his career, one controversy followed another. He is perhaps best known for biting opponents. PROOF: Giorgio Chiellini (tv) showed a bite mark on his shoulder after a duel with Suarez. Photo: DANIEL GARCIA / AFP The first time was precisely in 2010. At the time, Suárez was an Ajax player, and was banned for seven games for biting PSV’s Otman Bakkal on the shoulder. The second episode came when he played for Liverpool in 2013. Then he was banned for 10 games for biting Chelsea player Branislav Ivanovic on the arm. Oddly enough, this was not the last biting controversy from the Uruguayan. Because in the World Cup in 2014, he bit Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini in the last group stage match. He was not punished during the match for the bite. See the situation from 2014 here: Luis Suárez bit Giorgio Chiellini in the match between Italy and Uruguay.
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