Former Ghana striker, Asamoah Gyan has teased his former playing mate, Samuel Osei Kuffour for “crying like a baby” when Bayern Munich conceded two late goals to lose the 1999 UEFA Champions League final to Manchester United.
Kuffour, a former Black Stars defender and the German club came very close to winning the Champions League in 1999 after taking the lead against Manchester United in the final.
However, the German giants led the game till the 89th minute, but two late goals from Teddy Sherringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned things around as the Red Devils won 2-1 to emerge champions.
“He [Samuel Osei Kuffour] cried like a baby,” the former Sunderland striker who is Ghana's all time top goalscorer teased Kuffour during the launch of BetKing at the Multichoice head office in Accra and Gyan used the occasion to troll his senior colleague.
“I was old enough. In 1999, I was playing colts football at the U-17 level. I was in school," he added.
The heartbreak of losing the final saw some Bayern players break down in tears, with the cameras particularly capturing an inconsolable Kuffour.
The former Ghana defender and his side, however, made amends two years later when they won the Champions League in 2001.
Kuffour played for the Black Stars from 1993 to 2006, making 54 appearances and scoring three goals in the process.
He was also part of the Ghana side that qualified for the country’s first-ever FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006.
Gyan and Kuffour enjoy a great personal relationship, having played together in the Black Stars for a brief period.