Family members tell Asamoah Gyan to avoid Ghana penalty kicks
Posted On Tuesday, 17th July 2012
Asamoah Gyan has returned to the Black Stars
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has been advised by his family not to take penalty kicks as he returns into the Black Stars squad.
Opanin Gyan, father of the former Sunderland striker, added that the Ghana Football Association and coach, Kwasi Appiah, were instrumental in the striker’s decision to overturn his decision of quitting the Black Stars.
Gyan announced his indefinite retirement from the Black Stars after Ghana’s fourth-place finish at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
Ghana lost out on a place in the finals after falling 1-0 to eventual champions, Zambia, in a match which saw Gyan miss a penalty in the early minutes.
Several death threats were posted on his twitter page in the aftermatwhich prompted his decision to quit the national team.
Now with a return on the cards, Opanin Gyan says his son should not take penalty kicks for the Black Stars in future.
“The family has advised him not to rush to take penalties,” Opanin Gyan said.
The player-cum-musician adduced as reason a psychological trauma he battled since his penalty miss against Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Wise Father Opanin Gyan, take his advise and avoid penalty kicks for Ghana. You will have several opportunities to score goals in the field of play. Ghana has a top 10 midfield in the world they will feed you good balls. Just tell them, where, how and when to place them. You do not need penalty kicks to win the golden boot.
True talk coconutman! I agree with you Bro!
just avoid playing zambia.
Who is Zambia? Your useless Zambia that is being taken over by the Chinese is what
you dumb ass Zambians should be discussing but not Ghana Black Stars. Why are you shallow minded Zambian fans not talking about ivory coast or other teams your chipolopolo beat? Oh because Ghana is supreme in African football! Zambian fans should put it into their dumb ass brains that they will never match Ghana in anything….you will never achieve what Ghana has achieve in international football so you guys should shut the hell up and enjoy this moment that you have because it will fade away sooner than you think. The Chinese are killing you Zambians in your mines and that is what you dumb ass Zambians should be worrying about but not Black Stars…because will be back.
Gyan is a very good player in the field and i don’t see Ghana perfoming without this guy. He deserves another chance and as advised, he should just avoid penalties because of the psychological aspect he has suffered..
Who will take penalty kicks? I think some of our players also fear to take penalty kick because of what we did to Gyan
We have to admit that we lack confident penalty takers.apart from Gyan & Stephen Appiah,none of the players have the vim or courage to go & take penalty kicks.
it’s true so i want appiah to be starting him 4rm d bench 4 him to redeem his position cos left wit me alone, he’s a liability he’s come to do d worse 4 GBS.
Gyan taken the advice serious just to keep your family support and a darling for fellow Ghanaians, keep away from ZAMBIA! Period! I mean, that’s the best you can do, Zambia put you on the spot light and realised actually you aint no penalty taker after all, these bloody Zambians they burst your bubble!
ghana come next year when the CHIPOLOPOLO WILL DEFEND their cup
Kwarasey is there! He will take it!
Jordan Ayew cn also take penalties for Ghana. Gyan shd listen 2 d avice of d fada period~
NICE ADVICE FROM GYAN’S FATHER AND I HOPE, THIS WILL HELP HIM ALOT.
masa we have many player who can take penaties,some like dede,Badu,even sulley is good he is just a selfish player that’s all
I tink he is de best penalty taker in de team dats y he always play.but he shd take de family advice
@Texas, dream on baby dream on, Zambians are on Ghanians like a tick on a dog! Very irritating aint we? We can’t talk of Ivory Coast after we clobbered n humbled them they respect us in turn we respect them, Ghana? Even when we beat and bite you twice in 3 months you still insult us! Damn! You and us are are siamese twins joined by the hip and we are the evil twin who keeps poking our finger in your eye every 2 hours! Ha ha ha we are stuck guys Zambians will only stop coming here if we give away AFCON cup now imagine if we returned it… Stay quiet and imagine! Bua ha ha ha
@ Goldwyns…just shut the f*** up because like Texas stated Zambia is not on the same level as Ghana internationally in football/soccer…nobody knows sh*t or heard about Zambia when you travel overseas but hell yea they kno about Ghana thru football/soccer…start bragging when u make it to the world cup which we all doubt it including u Goldwyns…Ha ha ha
U re Stupid goldwyns..
Gyan did not mis the penalty. the brilliant kenedy mweene saved
I feel ghana is wining afcon 2013
@Tiba and Jeff: Ghana can’t and won’t take AFCON 2013 in its current form believe me there a lot internal squabbles and poor striking force but can reach quarter finals. Am just honest Ghana standards has gone down while jujus have sky rocketed! @ Newyork Zambia is not a one night stand Champions its hard work we reached this far – y’all know Zambia worked hard to be on top thtas why it will be hard to unseat us