On paper, Ghana could not have asked for a better chance against Uruguay.
As Andre Ayew stood over the penalty spot, history was there to be rewritten. It was the moment Ghana dreamed of: the chance, perhaps not to heal the scars of Johannesburg, but to move on and leave them behind. The opportunity to knock Uruguay out of the World Cup was one that was raised when the group stage draw was made months ago, for it to arrive when their own progress was on the line added a sense of ambition to their lust for revenge.
