2010 World Cup Memory: Hand Of God Not Only Owned By Maradona, Luis Suarez Also Has

Luis Suarez parried Ghana's player Dominic Adiyah's shot when Uruguay's goal faced chaos on an occasion at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. (Sky Sports)

JAKARTA - Surprisingly were often presented at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Ghana was transformed into an African people's hero, for example. The Black Stars became the only African representative to be able to advance until the quarter-finals.

They were able to make good use of the atmosphere of African people's support. However, their move had to be stopped by Uruguay. Ghana's victory was maintained by the god'' hand of the Uruguayan star, Luis Suarez. Therefore, the whole of Africa hated and served El Pistolero's disgraceful actions.

The choice of South Africa as the host of the 2010 world cup was greeted with great fanfare. Attention from the whole world is directed at South Africa. Because, they became the first African country to host the World Cup.

Every country that will compete does not want to waste the opportunity to play and win in the 2010 World Cup. Uruguay, one of them. The country from Latin America believes they can advance further in the world's biggest football celebration.

The material of players who are mostly filled by players who play in the world's big league makes Uruguay confident. Uruguay's soccer stars include Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid), Luis Suarez (Ajax Amsterdam), to Edinson Cavani (Palarmo). Their abilities proved to be effective. Uruguay became the leader of Group A and beat South Korea 2-1 in the round of 16.

Ghana's achievements at the 2010 World Cup are no less interesting. Ghana may be touted as the dark horse team. However, the atmosphere of African people's support allowed Ghana to talk a lot in the group stage. They were able to be in second place in Group D, just below Germany.

They also made a surprise appearance in the round of 16. Their United States fires 2-1 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg. This success made Uruguay and Ghana meet in the quarter-finals.

Uruguay and Ghana face each other for the first time in history during the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa. Uruguay is very impressive in this race. They are able to display the best game of the backline and midfield. Moreover Uruguay is reinforced by world-class attackers such as: Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez.

Ghana, on the other hand, is riding an emotional wave of the African people because the World Cup tournament has finally arrived on African soil for the first time in history. Another African team has lost to the tournament, meaning Ghana is the only remaining team to represent the continent, "said Charles target and John Nauright in the book Soccer Around the World (2014).

Uruguay and Ghana are preparing to play a quarter-final match. The First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg, was selected as witnesses to the historic match. The match, which took place on July 3, 2010, was predicted to be tough. This is because Ghana is the only African representative to advance to the quarter-finals. This means that all expectations of Africans are in Ghana.

The two team coaches helped lower their best concoctions. The concoction has proven to be effective from the first half. Both teams continued to buy and sell attacks. Ghana's midfielder Sulley Muntari opened up Ghana's 1-0 lead after receiving the Asmoah Gyan bait in the 45th minute.

Uruguay did not want to be left behind. In the second half, Uruguay continued to intensify attacks. Finally, Uruguay broke the deadlock through a free kick from the conquest of Jabani (the official ball of the 2010 World Cup), Diego Forlan in the 55th minute which changed the score to 1-1.

Both teams drew until halftime. Alias, the match continued into extra time to find the winner. Ghana had the opportunity to score with Dominic Adiyiah's header. The header went straight into Uruguay's goal.

In fact, the header was pushed over. Not by the Uruguay goalkeeper, but by Luis Suarez. The man nicknamed El Pistolero parried the ball not using the usual method. He used his hands (people called Suarez's action: God's hand). The move saw Luis Suarez in a red card in the 120th minute and Ghana was awarded a penalty in the crucial minutes.

Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan acted as the executioner. Instead of goal, his hard kick could only hit Uruguay's crossbar. The penalty failure indicated that the match had to be completed on penalties. Dewi fortuna actually sided with Uruguay. Uruguay won. The team nicknamed La Celeste then continued its progress to the semifinals.

The heat after the match has not actually been completed. The revenge appeared years later. Suarez with the action of Handing God criticized by the whole of Africa. All Africans believe Ghana's failure to win was thanks to Luis Suarez's disgraceful actions. In fact, many Africans have dubbed Suarez a devil.

Perhaps Suares Africans are demons, but not for Uruguayans. In his country Suarez was hailed like a hero. Even in that match he did not score. However, God's hand was able to save Uruguay from defeat in the last quarter.

Of course there are no other actions on the pitch that can share more public opinion about a player. Only a big football star can be in the midst of such a storm. Luis Suarez's actions were controversial. But, it was also to make the game spectacular. Criticism Suarez received after a match with Ghana showed that in the eyes of many people Luis Suarez was a criminal.

Ghana's coach called it a cheat, while a newspaper in Cape Town, South Africa stated: Africa was robbed. The news was flooded by his actions. However, in Uruguay, Luis is considered a hero. In fact, in a country full of love for football, which consists of 3.5 million people, you will find it difficult to find a soul who doesn't believe that Luis has made Uruguay proud, "explained Gustavo Vazquez in Luis Suarez's book (2014).