It’s been 10 years since Uruguay striker Luis Suarez’s blatant handball denied Ghana a goal in the depth of extra time in the 2010 World Cup quarter-final with the scores tied at 1-1.

The Barca forward was sent off and the Black Stars were awarded a penalty, but it was missed by Asamoah Gyan and Uruguay ultimately progressed to the semi-finals via penalty shootouts.

Speaking in an interview with the Players’ Tribune ‘El Pistelero’ recalled the whirlwind of emotions he went through.

“Yes, the truth is, it was a bit of everything — of being depressed, of being sad, of being sent off. Because we were going to lose, but if they weren’t scoring that goal we weren’t going to lose, and … well, you get up within 30 seconds when he takes the penalty kick, the satisfaction of well, I took a risk in a situation of which I have been blamed for anti fair play. However, the Ghana player missing the penalty is not my fault”

On his wild celebrations after he stuck around to see the penalty miss before going into the dressing room, he said;

“I didn’t kick anyone or anything like that, that’s why I think that I celebrated like that, for having taken a risk for something that was worth it. And I remember that I celebrated it more than a goal. A teammate on the bench passed out on that play, hahaha“

The images of the game that could’ve potentially taken Ghana and Africa to its first Semi-finals spot in World Cup history still haunts majority of Ghanaians to this day and for that, no justification will change the fact Suarez is still very much a Villain in the eyes of many.