{"id":3546,"date":"2024-03-01T19:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2024-03-01T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T19:02:50","slug":"asamoah-gyan-reacts-to-claims-of-intentional-penalty-miss-at-2010-word-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan Reacts To Claims Of \u2018Intentional Penalty Miss\u2019 At 2010 Word Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Asamoah Gyan has responded subtly to allegations made by Member of Parliament Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, who claimed that Gyan intentionally missed a crucial penalty during the 2010 World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dafeamekpor, representing the National Democratic Congress (NDC), suggested that Gyan\u2019s political affiliations with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led him to deliberately miss the historic opportunity for Ghana. The penalty, had it been successful, would have propelled Ghana to become the first African country to reach the World Cup semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veteran journalist Sannie Daara condemned the Dafeamekpor claims, emphasizing Gyan\u2019s unwavering commitment to Ghana throughout his career. Daara highlighted Gyan\u2019s role in Ghanaian football history and dismissed the idea that the player would intentionally jeopardize such a crucial moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a witty response to the accusations, Asamoah Gyan wrote, \u201cMaybe he wants an autograph. Don\u2019t worry. I will sign one for him soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-x ose-uid-a5157a8f7ce0ce1a49e98c5342db6523 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"400\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is politics but it is so wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ASAMOAH_GYAN3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASAMOAH_GYAN3<\/a> would have made a bigger name for himself, Ghana and Africa.<br><br>His commitment to Ghana is never in doubt. Gyan took us to the WC quarters &amp; played with malaria to send us to two AFCON finals (2010 &amp; 2015) with the NDC in power. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hlpfljwl7u\">pic.twitter.com\/Hlpfljwl7u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ibrahim Sannie Daara (@SannieDaara) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SannieDaara\/status\/1763599050308206823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This reaction comes amidst controversy surrounding Gyan\u2019s recent appointment as the chair of the sub-committee for Youth and Sports for the NPP\u2019s campaign manifesto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The penalty miss in question occurred during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and Ghana eventually lost on penalties. Dafeamekpor alleged that Gyan did not want the then NDC government to receive praise for Ghana\u2019s potential victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gyan has expressed his willingness to contribute to the revival of sports in Ghana through his role with the NPP, leveraging his extensive experience in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legendary striker who retired from professional football in June 2023, remains the all-time top scorer for the Black Stars with 51 appearances in 109 matches. Additionally, he still holds the record as Africa\u2019s top scorer at the World Cup with six goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asamoah Gyan has responded subtly to allegations made by Member of Parliament Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, who claimed that Gyan intentionally missed a crucial penalty during the 2010 World Cup. Dafeamekpor, representing the National Democratic Congress (NDC), suggested that Gyan\u2019s political affiliations with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led him to deliberately miss the historic opportunity for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,11],"tags":[1186,1048],"class_list":["post-3546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-sports","tag-2010-word-cup","tag-asamoah-gyan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3548,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions\/3548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}