It's Time For Africa!: A Football/Soccer TILIAD
Asamoah Gyan fixed the ball into the grass below him, he glanced over to the Uruguayan sideline. Luis Suárez stood there looking tense as the Penalty Kick dragged on.
"Idiot," Gyan thought "a handball in the box during extra time. Of course he's going to get a red card and we'll get a PK"
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Suárez stood on the sideline, just as tense as the Ghanian on the field. It had been instinct, not his mind, that had guides his hand as he kept the ball out of the box.
"If the other team can't score, they can't win" that was one of the first things they taught you when you started soccer. A little too much it had been drilled into his mind he guessed. It was obvious now, he supposed, that he would be sent out and the Ghanians would have another chance. But what was he supposed to do? Let the ball fly in? That was a sure goal, but if Gyan missed the Penalty Kick……
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Unknown to both of them the exact same thought flew into Gyan's mind at that exact moment.
"If I miss this and we lose in a shootout he will be remembered as a savior in Uruguay, he will be the second Hand of God"
Gyan took a deep breath and backed up and prepared to kick.
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……"I will be a God in Montevideo" thought the Uruguayan.
Asamoah Gyan fixed the ball into the grass below him, he glanced over to the Uruguayan sideline. Luis Suárez stood there looking tense as the Penalty Kick dragged on.
"Idiot," Gyan thought "a handball in the box during extra time. Of course he's going to get a red card and we'll get a PK"
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Suárez stood on the sideline, just as tense as the Ghanian on the field. It had been instinct, not his mind, that had guides his hand as he kept the ball out of the box.
"If the other team can't score, they can't win" that was one of the first things they taught you when you started soccer. A little too much it had been drilled into his mind he guessed. It was obvious now, he supposed, that he would be sent out and the Ghanians would have another chance. But what was he supposed to do? Let the ball fly in? That was a sure goal, but if Gyan missed the Penalty Kick……
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Unknown to both of them the exact same thought flew into Gyan's mind at that exact moment.
"If I miss this and we lose in a shootout he will be remembered as a savior in Uruguay, he will be the second Hand of God"
Gyan took a deep breath and backed up and prepared to kick.
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……"I will be a God in Montevideo" thought the Uruguayan.
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And united, the two player's eyes watched as the ball left Asamoah Gyan's foot and sailed up, up, up and into the corner of the goal.
Silence.
Then the deafening roar of a Continent, ready for a slice of victory.
And united, the two player's eyes watched as the ball left Asamoah Gyan's foot and sailed up, up, up and into the corner of the goal.
Silence.
Then the deafening roar of a Continent, ready for a slice of victory.