How World Cup Penalty Miss Almost Killed Player’s Daughter

Do you know that the Andre Ayew World Cup penalty miss in a game the Ghana Black Stars eventually lost 0-2 almost killed his daughter?

It was in the match against Uruguay and the penalty would have put Ghana ahead of the South Americans, but Ayew missed scoring, .

That miss stirred a string of reactions at home and elsewhere.

For seven-year old gaughter of the player, the result was shock that saw her being rushed to hospital.

Many have gone on to assert that it was the miss that made Ghana loss the match, which may accounted for his daughter collapsing.

Once Ayew heard of the troubling news, he immediately rushed down to the hospital where the girl was taken.

“Andre Ayew went from the stadium straight to the hospital to see his daughter who collapsed when he missed the penalty against Uruguay. It was quite scary but thankfully, she’s doing fine now.”, a tweet on Daily Mail had said.

The Ghana loss was more than a a personal nightmare for the player, a national agony,.

As it brought home the reality that Ghana, a frontline African representative in the global fiesta had been eliminated.

So, on the one hand, a World Cup penalty miss, Andrew and brother Jordan Ayew were substituted at half-time, and the former’s daughter now hospitalised.

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The match was viewed by many in the African country as a ‘grudge match’ after the infamous Luis Suarez handball incident which denied them a certain goal in the quarter-final of the 2010 World Cup, a report in the news medium said.

It is also recalled that Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan missed the subsequent penalty that day in Johannesburg, and going out of the competition on penalties.

Ayew was the only member of that 2010 squad to feature in Friday’s match – although he missed that memorable match due to suspension.

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When goalkeeper Sergio Rochet brought down Moahammed Kudus in the box halfway through the first half at the Al Janoub Stadium, Ayew saw a chance of some kind of redemption against their foes, only to place a weak shot which was comfortably parried by the keeper.

Giorgian de Arrascaeta’s brace was enough to seal Uruguay’s win on the day, but they were unable to save themselves from elimination at the first hurdle.