Sameer Wankhede won't be arrested without three-day prior notice, Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC Unlike Lionel Messi and some of the others he's played alongside, it doesn't look like he's going to go down in football history withВ the legacy of a hero.

Love him orВ hate him,В one can't deny the kind of impact that Suarez has had on the fortunes of the teams he's played for.

I made the best save of the tournament,' were his words to be precise.

The man of the hour himself though showed little regret overВ his controversial act. At the same time, there were a few passing his act off as 'instinctive', something that should be forgotten with theВ passage of time. The rest is history, as Ghana couldn't quiteВ get their focus together afterВ that last-minute drama, and missed two of their attempts in the penalty shootout to lose 4-2.ДЄ Suarez-less Uruguay though, couldn't stretch their run beyond the semis as they bowed out of the tournament with aВ 3-2 loss to eventual runners-up the Netherlands, before suffering a loss at the hands of Germany by a similar margin to finish at the fourth spot in the tournament.ДЇor Ghana, as well as for many others in the football world, Suarez had become something of aВ villain. Gyan had the chance to end Uruguayan hopes but he struck his spot kick against the crossbar much to theВ joy of the Uruguayans as hisВ teammates and supporters could only watch in horror. AlthoughВ UruguayВ still weren't sure of a spot in the semis, Suarez's act of gamesmanshipВ kept them afloat. Suarez even acted somewhat surprisedВ upon the bookingВ and left the ground with his face buried in his jersey. The referee instantly spottedВ Suarez's act, and promptly brought out the red card, ruling the striker out of the next game. Adiyiah went for a headerВ and nearly got the ball across the line when Suarez decided to fill in for theВ goalkeeper, and used his right hand to slap the ball away. Not much happened for theВ most partВ during extra time, save the lastВ couple of minutes -В in which the Ghana playersВ felt a wide range of emotions that ultimately ended with shock and anger. The scores remained level for the rest of the half, withВ Suarez andВ Kevin-Prince Boateng both coming close to netting for their teams. Sulley Muntari gaveВ the Ghanaians the lead towards the end of the firstВ half with an assist from Asamoah GyanВ before Forlan brought 'La Celeste' level withВ their opponentsВ from a well-directed freeВ kick 10 minutes into the second half. That is what might have crept into Suarez's head when he was standing at theВ goal line in the last minute ofВ extra-time in the do-or-die clashВ just as Dominic Adiyiah attempted to head the ball into the net. However, there are also times when the instinct to survive takes over, and athletes end up thinking only about themselves, or their team for that matter. There has always been a healthy debate around sportsmanship and gamesmanship, and howВ ethics should ideally be preserved inВ competitive sport. Ghana's win over the UnitedВ States in theВ Round of 16 clash, which the Black Stars won in a penalty shootout, gave fans hope ofВ an African team bringing the kind of glory to the continent that they had only been dreaming of till date. The Ghanaians, on the other hand, enjoyed more support atВ Johannesburg's Soccer City, being the onlyВ African side left in the competition at that stage compared to theВ six (including hosts South Africa) at the start of the event. The odds were somewhat tipped in favour of two-time champions Uruguay,В who had gone into a brief period of decline in the 1990s but witnessed a revival in the 2000s with the emergence of the likes of Suarez and Diego Forlan. TheВ 2010 edition of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, theВ first to be hosted in the continent of Africa, witnessed Uruguay and Ghana collide in the quarter-finals. Luis Suarez blocks the ball out deliberately to deny Ghana a match-winning goal.

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