Legendary Ghanaian footballer, Asamoah Gyan
• Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty as Switzerland knocked France out of the Euros
• Shortly after the miss, Asamoah Gyan made a tweet that triggered reactions from social media users
• Gyan was attacked by social media users for the tweet which suggests that penalty misses are normal part of football
At the end of a match between two countries, none of which had players with Ghanaian roots, it was legendary striker Asamoah Gyan who stole the trends on Ghanaian social media.
World champions France were on Monday, June 29, 2021, knocked out of the Euro 2020 after losing 5-4 on penalties.
The defeat came courtesy of a missed penalty by PSG Kylian Mbappe whose kick was saved by Switzerland goalie Yann Sommer. Minutes after that miss by Kylian Mbappe, Asamoah Gyan tweeted with seven emojis that could be interpreted as ‘no comment’.
Asamoah Gyan posted just emoticons but the message was clear and as someone will put it was even ‘visible to the blind’.
It was a subtle attempt by the Ghanaian football legend to remind Ghanaians that missing penalties is part of the game and that even the best of footballers sometimes fluff their kicks.
It was in reference to the infamous penalty miss at the 2010 World Cup which shattered Ghana’s dreams of becoming the first African country to reach the semi-final of the World Cup.
In a short span, the tweet garnered over a hundred quoted tweets and replies, most of which were attacks.
Same Ghanaians who barely two months ago jumped to Gyan’s defence after he was left out of Stephen Appiah’s top five players of the last two decades, ‘dragged’ Asamoah Gyan with verbal expletives.
Unable to stomach the attacks, Asamoah Gyan pulled down the tweet but screenshots had already been taken. The deletion of the post did little to stop the abuse.
He are some tweets
Asamoah Gyan looking at Mbappe right now like pic.twitter.com/1doSLLFGYg
— KALYJAY ???? (@gyaigyimii) June 28, 2021
Within 9 mins Asamoah Gyan had 1900+ quoted replies and 600 comments ????herh
— KALYJAY ???? (@gyaigyimii) June 28, 2021
Mbappe misses Penalty for France
Asamoah Gyan: Ego reach everybody pic.twitter.com/L6t50JGlI3
— Sergio ⭐ (@sergio_de_ennin) June 28, 2021
Twitter snitching on Asamoah Gyan like it’s nothing ???????? pic.twitter.com/uWvcm88rNq
— SIROQ〽️ (@_Siroq) June 28, 2021
No wonder people dey drag Asamoah Gyan, was that tweet necessary ?? He delete am lol
— Gyata_Shoa???????????? (@thatEsselguy) June 28, 2021
This is the tweet ASAMOAH GYAN deleted ????????????……..he knows how it feels to lose a pen. pic.twitter.com/Q1USRDDyUV
— David Axelrode (@davidaxelrode) June 28, 2021
Mbappe should just do an Asamoah Gyan and come back a few months later with a top Afrobeat song tbh.
— K???? (@kingag1_) June 28, 2021
Asamoah Gyan come do video say make we shon dey troll am, now he dey troll Mbappe say he miss penalty. Walahi make nobody talk about ein mental health again. From today nbs trolling.???????????? pic.twitter.com/8XVG1EKKAs
— ℝ???????????????????????????????? ☯︎︎ (@Royaltycfc) June 28, 2021
Asamoah Gyan no play the Euros some but he dey trend ey????????????????????????♂️
— Drayy???????????? (@drayy09) June 28, 2021
Hi Asamoah Gyan, why you delete????????? pic.twitter.com/51amCdBuWb
— SIKAOFFICIAL???? (@Sikaofficial1) June 28, 2021