Ghana defender, Daniel Amartey says it was unfortunate that the Black Stars could not beat Uruguay in the final Group H match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to him, if Ghana had scored its penalty early in the first half, the side could have put the Uruguayans to the sword.
"It's football, it happens. If we score that penalty I think we kill them but we miss the penalty and you can see the game changed," Daniel Amartey said in a post-match interview after Ghana lost 2-0 to Uruguay.
In the crucial final Group H match played on Friday, December 2, Andre Ayew attempted to convert the spot-kick but missed after a poor effort.
Despite the disappointment, defender Daniel Amartey says the team takes comfort in the fact that it stopped Uruguay from advancing to the Round of 16 of the world cup.
"I just told my teammates that we need a goal now but they need a goal now so we have to defend for ourselves so that if we can't go, they don't go," the Leicester defender said.
He continued, "It was tough because you can see their centre back, everybody comes (forward).
"Uruguay needed one goal to go through and you can see we defend four against five or three against two but we managed to defend."