Asamoah Gyan’s jersey from the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match against Uruguay has been preserved at the FIFA museum.
Gyan was a key player for Ghana as the Black Stars came within a whisker of becoming Africa’s first semi-finalists at the global showpiece.
Ghana advanced to the quarter-finals thanks to three goals from the former Sunderland striker, including the game-winning goal against the United States in the round of 16.
He has since gone on to become Africa’s leading World Cup scorer, with six goals in three tournaments.
The Ghanaian’s jersey from that quarter-final match against Uruguay in South Africa has now been preserved in FIFA’s museum.
Meanwhile, Gyan recently revealed that the timing of his missed penalty in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals was what hurt him the most.
According to the veteran forward, he was deeply hurt by his failure to put the game to bed when he had the opportunity against Uruguay.
“It’s either you miss or you score. Emotionally, what hit me is the time I missed the penalty,” Gyan told Pure FM.
“If I had scored, that was the end of the game. That is what hurts me. But in terms of the miss itself, it is normal.”
Ghana was on the verge of becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup quarterfinals before falling to Uruguay on penalties following a 1-1 tie in regulation and extra time.
The fact that Ghana had a penalty in the final seconds of extra time after Luis Suarez used his hand to deflect Dominic Adiyiah’s goal-bound header added insult to injury.
Despite the fact that Suarez was sent off for unsportsmanlike conduct and Ghana was awarded a penalty, Gyan missed from the spot, and Uruguay won the shootout 4-2.
