For any real fan, the World Cup is just as much (if not more) about heartbreak than it is about celebration.

Today’s battle between Ghana and Uruguay turned out to be one  of the cruelest operas in modern soccer history.  The game itself was brilliant.

Sulley Muntari showed us that Ghana was not only physically superior to Uruguay, but as dangerous as any attacking force in the final 8.

When Forlan equalized for Uruguay in the 55th minute, it was anyone’s game.  In Extra time, Ghana would have earned the win all over again, if not for Luis Suarez’s goal-line handball.  And that’s when the rollercoaster took it’s sharpest, most unforgiving turns.

it went like this…

Suarez earns a red card for literally slapping a ball that was headed for goal.  Gyan is awarded a penalty shot.  The whole world is overcome with equal parts joy, fear, and heart-pounding excitement.  And then it happens.  Gyan strikes.  The ball coasts up, up, off the crossbar, and away from what would have been the single proudest moment in African football history.

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Forlan and co may have represented in the shootout, but today was all about the African game.  ONELOVE salutes the Blackstars on a profound run in South Africa.

Tags: 2010, Diego Forlan, Football, Futbol, Ghana, Kevin Prince Boateng, ONELOVE FC, Soccer, South Africa, Sulley Muntari

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