According to information gathered by soccerghana, Ghana Football Association Executive Committee member Frederick Acheampong believes Black Stars could have won the 2010 FIFA World Cup if Luis Suarez's famous handball had not occurred.
-Ghanaians 'Cannot Forgive' Suarez Handball 12 Years On
South Africa was the host of Africa's first World Cup but Bafana Bafana were unable to make it past the group stage despite a valiant effort.
The other African teams had all been eliminated at the same point, leaving just the Black Stars in the competition.
On the 2 July 2010, Ghana had the footballing hopes of a whole continent on their shoulders.
The reality is Ghana didn't win. But, a deliberate handball by Luis Suarez stopped Ghanaians to step into the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This was one of the most controversial and memorable moments of that tournament.
Suarez was sent off - but Ghana missed the resulting spot-kick and this mistake allowed Suarez and his team to progress towards the semi-finals via a shootout.
The interesting part is Black Stars will face off against Suarez's Uruguay again after being drawn together in the group stage of this year's World Cup in Qatar.
"What happened in South Africa in June 2010 is on the mind of every Ghanaian football loving fan," Acheampong said.
"We thought that was a great opportunity for Ghana and Africa to stake a claim for the World Cup.
"We believed that we would have made the semi-final, and who knows the final, and possibly even winning it, Africa winning it for the first time.
"That particular handball, I think it broke a lot of hearts here in Ghana and across Africa in general."
"I'm sure it will be an interesting game when Ghana meet up with Uruguay in Qatar," he added.
For me, the Uruguay game is a game I think we won. A lot of things would have changed in Ghanaian football, in our country and also in Africa. Maybe adding numbers to the next World Cup, the more an African team goes forward, the more we can add more countries to our package.
For me I don't know when I'm going to forget about this memory but now it's part of me.
By: Michael Djan
French Tutor and Digital Marketing Blogger/Content Writer and GhanaWeb Professional Reporter/ frencheducationgh.com