Ghana and Uruguay played out a repeat of a World Cup classic earlier today, in which Luis Suarez was once again heavily involved.
History repeated itself as Ghana were awarded a penalty in the crucial Group H clash, which the Black Stars needed to win in order to secure a place in the Round of 16.
Unfortunately, Andre Ayew repeated history a little too closely, and mimicked Asamoah Gyan’s stunning miss in 2010 by squandering his opportunity from 12 yards.
Aware of the narrative, BBC Sport focused their cameras on the pantomime villain Suarez after Sergio Rochet saved Ayew’s effort.
How Luis Suarez reacted to Ghana penalty miss
Well, it was hardly as jubilant as his celebration from the sideline in 2010 after Gyan’s miss, although Suarez was still visibly pleased after Ghana messed up their chance to take the lead.
As you can see after 18 seconds of the footage above, the 35-year-old could briefly be seen with a grin on his face, before the cameras cut away to follow the rest of the action.
Suarez then took full advantage of Ayew’s miss as he assisted both of Giorgian de Arrascaeta’s goals to put Uruguay 2-0 up after just 32 minutes.
What did Suarez do to Ghana?
For those of you who aren’t familiar with what happened in 2010, let us explain.
Ghana and Uruguay met in the quarter-final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the Black Stars had the opportunity to become the first African side in history to reach a World Cup semi-final.
Goals from Sulley Muntari and Diego Forlan had the scoreline nicely balanced at 1-1 going into extra-time, before chaos ensued in the final minute.
Dominic Adiyiah’s header was powering towards the back of the net before Suarez stuck out both hands and pushed the ball away to safety, earning him a red card and giving Gyan the chance to make history.
However, the pressure got to him, and Gyan smashed his effort against the bar, which caused Suarez to celebrate wildly beside the tunnel.
Ghana eventually lost on penalties, and Suarez remains known as El Diablo – the devil – in that part of the world to this very day.
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