World Cup 2022: Ayew’s Penalty Miss Is No Fluke, Stats Show Ghana Are ‘Cursed’ When It Comes to Uruguay

• The Black Stars were awarded a penalty after Mohammed Kudus was brought down by Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet
• Ghana failed to rally from Ayew's miss, becoming the worst African side at this year's tournament based on points accrued
• The four-time African champions have been eliminated from the World Cup following their 2-0 defeat

Scoring from the penalty spot has always proven to be a tough nut to crack for the West African. It has been the reason why the West African nation have remained trophyless since 1982.

To add insult to injury, the penalty anathema struck 12 years ago when Asamoah Gyan missed from the spot which denied Ghana and the African continent a chance of breaking the semifinal glass ceiling at the World Cup.

Fast forward to 2022, Ghana came face to face with Uruguay, a match made by the "football gods" to exact revenge on Uruguay for their "football sins" in 2010.

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However, just like 12 years ago, the penalty curse will strike again as Andre Ayew missed from 12 yards, eventually crashing Ghana out of the 2022 World Cup.

Following Andre Ayew's miss from the penalty spot, Ghana set an unenviable record of becoming the first country to miss two non-shootout penalties against the same opponents at the Mundial, StatmanDave reports.

Ghana's penalty curse vs Uruguay

On the back of the country's painful exit at the football festival, a theory has been propounded which shows Ghana might be 'cursed' when it comes to Uruguay.

In 2010, Asamoah Gyan scored his last seven penalties including two at the World Cup but failed from the spot against Uruguay.

Presented with a similar opportunity against the same opposition, Andre Ayew, who had scored his last 25 penalties, strangely missed from 12 yards.

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Ghana sets unwanted penalty record

Ghana have set an unwanted record in Qatar during their final group game encounter against Uruguay on Friday afternoon.

The Black Stars were booted out of the Mundial following their 2-0 defeat to the Sky Blue.

The four-time African champions had the chance to take the lead in the game Sergio Rochet was judged to have brought down Mohammed Kudus in the box.

Ghanaians 'curse' Andre Ayew

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Ghanaians have criticised Andre Ayew after he made a horrendous miss from the penalty spot which would have put the African nation ahead in their grudge match with Uruguay.

The Black Stars were awarded a penalty after Mohammed Kudus was brought down by goalkeeper Sergio Rochet.

After a lengthy VAR inspection, German referee Daniel Siebert pointed to the spot, and Ayew stepped up to the spot.