Black Stars captain Andre Ayew thinks that his team should not approach the game against Uruguay in the World Cup for the sake of revenge.
Ghana lost on penalties to the South American side in the 2010 World Cup, killing their hopes of being the first African side to reach the semis.
Ghanaians reacted with glee upon finding out that Ghana have been drawn in Group H alongside Uruguay, Portugal and South Korea.
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“As team leader, I don’t believe we should view this game as revenge. Instead, we must be smart enough to recognise that it is a match we need points from. We can’t ignore history, but what Luis Suarez [Uruguay footballer] did is something I could have done in the same situation [used his hand to stop a goal-bound shot in 2010]. It hurt us all. But that’s part of football and it happened years ago,” he told Al Jazeera.
“We just want to win against Uruguay after everything that has been said in the media. As a player, if you go into a game with the intent of retaliation, you can make a lot of mistakes and be hyper. We just need to stay calm, follow the plan and try to win the game, or do whatever we can to advance to the next stage.”
Ghana are set to face Nicaragua on Tuesday in a friendly.
