My family have been verbally abused since missing from the spot-kick: Black Meteors penalty villain

The Black Meteors suffered a 6-5 defeat on penalties against their South African counterparts, after 90 minutes of football had ended two all last week Friday in the 2019 Africa U-23 Nations Cup in Egypt.

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Edward Sarpong stepped up for the kick that would have secured Ghana the third place in the competition and consequently qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, yet he saw his kick go over the crossbar to the disbelief of every Ghanaian football-loving fan.

The Black Meteors subsequently lost the penalty kick which was their second defeat via penalty kicks in succession- Ivory Coast edged them in the semi-finals.

Ghanaians have expressed their displeasure over the penalty heartbreak and Sarpong who missed that crucial spot-kick has opened up on the abuse his family is facing due to the miss.

 “I’ve been insulted massively in my area and it has even affected my family. “When my sisters go out they are verbally attacked because everyone in our area knows they are my sisters, he revealed in an interview on Adom FM.

My mum can’t go out because anytime she comes out she’s insulted and she was even scared. She asked me not to even go out again because she felt people will attack me,”.

He also apologized to Ghanaians for the penalty miss.

“I will like to plead with all Ghanaians especially those who were affected by it, I am deeply sorry. It wasn’t my intention to the miss that penalty, I was convinced I could score and become the hero of the day but God willed it different. So I beg all Ghanaians for forgiveness and I promise that this won’t happen again”