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Ghana’s John Pantsil waves flag to celebrate Round of 16 advancement

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The Black Stars loss to Uruguay can be considered a blind twist of faith, since Gyan penalty would not of occurred had Uruguay player (Luis Suarez) not deliberately handled the ball to keep it out of his net in the final seconds of the match.

With no time left on the clock, Ghana would have won and advanced to the semi final as the first African team ever.

The loss was a bitter pill for everyone (including fair play) to swallow, but it was not meant to be. Uruguay had some magic of their own and also made their luck throughout their 2010 World Cup campaign In moving forward Uruguay gave Netherlands a good run for their money in their 3-2 semi final loss and repeated their performance against Germany in the third place match, only to lose by the same 3-2 margin. In retrospect, Ghana was the pride of Africa and in back to back World Cups. There are those who believe that like Spain which has been knocking on the door for many years, it is just a matter of time before Ghana (the youngest team at South Africa) make a serious breakthrough at the FIFA World Cup.

Pantsil , before getting the good news that his team qualified to advance for the Round of Sixteen

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