By Doug McIntyre
FOX Sports Soccer Writer
Editor’s be aware: Each day between now and the kickoff of the primary match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we’ll unveil a distinct reminiscence from World Cup history. The countdown from 101 continues with Luis Suárez’s shameful handball.
The ball was heading towards an open web. It was going to be a purpose for Ghana, little question about it. Not simply any purpose, both. This one, within the ultimate minute additional time of their 2010 quarterfinal towards Uruguay, would make the Black Stars the primary African crew to achieve a World Cup semifinal — on South African soil, no much less.
Standing on the purpose line, Uruguay ahead Luis Suárez had a choice to make. His selection would cease Ghana’s future chilly. Knowing full properly that he’d obtain a pink card, Suarez batted the ball out of the air along with his palms, calculating in a break up second that the one likelihood his crew had of staying within the contest was to keep away from conceding the purpose at any price — even when that meant sacrificing himself — and pressure Ghana to transform a penalty kick as a substitute.
Dark arts of the very best order? Absolutely. Unsporting conduct? Of course. But Suarez’s stone-cold logic in utilizing the principles to his crew’s benefit was sound. Sure sufficient, Asamoah Gyan missed from the spot. Uruguay went on to win the following shootout and superior to the ultimate 4.
The different Hand of God
Luis Suárez obtained a pink card for blocking a purpose along with his palms in Uruguay’s matchup towards Ghana on the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
One of the main soccer journalists in North America, Doug McIntyre has coated United States males’s and ladies’s nationwide groups at a number of FIFA World Cups. Before becoming a member of FOX Sports in 2021, he was a workers author with ESPN and Yahoo Sports. Follow him on Twitter @ByDougMcIntyre.
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