Ghanaians must change script of faltering footballers – Prof. Kwesi Yankah

Last Friday, the mob that had hailed Ayew after his splendid goal against Portugal the week before, suddenly changed their song from praise to crucifixion.

The man had missed a penalty in a grudge match with Uruguay when a goal was critically needed to further advance in the tournament.

Then came 2010, the famous penalty kick against Uruguay that missed the target.

Gyan somehow carried the curse to his successor, Dede Ayew, who missed a penalty kick, that could have sunk Uruguay and sent Ghana to the next round in Qatar.

Somehow, I have faint memories of one penalty experience that broke the nation’s heart, long before Asamoah Gyan.

That was 1992 when the Ghana Black Stars in an Afcon encounter lost to Ivory Coast in a penalty shoot-out at Senegal.

In all this, supporters of Phobia knew better, if a player missed a crucial penalty kick or a goal in a tournament