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Following Ghana’s World Cup match against Uruguay, Andre Ayew reportedly hurried to the hospital to check on his daughter, who had passed out during the game.
The 2-0 defeat that eliminated the Black Stars from the Qatar 2022 World Cup is claimed to have caused the girl to pass out as a result of his father’s missed penalty.
But, thankfully, she is fine and has returned home.
The Black Stars failed to recover from captain Andre Ayew’s missed penalty, and Uruguay took advantage, scoring twice in six minutes.
The South Americans won 2-0, but it wasn’t enough to keep them in the tournament. Ghana would have advanced if they had drawn with Uruguay.
Ghanaian fans in Doha were ecstatic after the Black Stars defended well in the final minutes to deny Uruguay a third goal that would have secured their qualification.
Black Stars were hoping for revenge after the heartbreak of 2010. Luis Suarez handled the ball on the goal line, denying Ghana a late winner in the quarterfinal match.
Before the game, the former Barcelona man said it was not his fault that Ghana did not qualify because he was sent off and the Black Stars were awarded a penalty which Asamoah Gyan squandered.
Andre Ayew’s penalty miss on Friday made Ghana the first country in World Cup history to miss two penalties against the same team.
