Luis Suarez Hits Back At Ghana Reporter After He’s Called ‘The Devil’ [Video]

Luis Suarez has hit back at a Ghanaian journalist who suggested he was the ‘devil’ for his handball at the 2010 World Cup by saying it is not his fault that Asamoah Gyan missed the resulting penalty.

Suarez’s handball against Ghana is one of the most infamous moments in World Cup history after he denied the Black Stars a place in the semi-finals. The striker illegally blocked a header from Dominic Adiyiah on the goalline and was sent off but Gyan missed the last-minute penalty that followed.

Uruguay then went on to win the penalty shootout knocking their gutted opposition out. Had Ghana won it would have been the first time an African nation had made it to the World Cup semis.

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Luis Suarez has always insisted that he didn’t do anything wrong and doubled down on his stance after being called ‘the devil himself’ by a Ghanaian journalist. The 35-year-old suggested it was not his fault Gyan missed ahead of the first game between the teams since the 2010 quarter-final.

“I don’t apologise about that, I took the handball, but Ghana player missed the penalty.” the Uruguayan told reporters in the pre-match press conference. “I’d apologise if I injured a player or took a red card for this, but I took a red card (for the handball). It wasn’t my fault because I didn’t miss the penalty.

“You see the player who missed the penalty, he said he would do the same.”

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Gyan has himself freely admitted he would have acted in a similar way had he been in the same position however Suarez is still seen as a villain by much of Ghana.

The nation has the perfect opportunity to exact revenge for the events of 12 years ago in the match tomorrow with a win ensuring they will progress to the knockout stages at Uruguay’s expense.

Yet Ghana skipper Andre Ayew, who is the only current player to have been part of the squad that day, has been keen to stress that getting revenge will not be the team’s focus.