Darwin Nunez is no stranger to the ‘dark arts’ of football and has shown that he will do anything to get a competitive advantage.
This became apparent in the first half of Uruguay’s final group-stage game. Mohammed Kudus had just won Ghana a penalty and while VAR was looking at the incident, a group of opposing players argued around the penalty spot.
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Nunez, who is usually in the middle of any confrontation could be seen stabbing at the white dot with his foot.
Darwin Nunez is the definition of letting the intrusive thoughts win 😭pic.twitter.com/ai1WBuNANR
— t 🌿 (@formullana) December 2, 2022
The Liverpool striker inevitably received a booking for his actions.
Andre Ayew then stepped up for Ghana, only to fluff his penalty, giving the Uruguayan goalkeeper an easy save to make.
History repeats itself! 🤯
Andre Ayew steps up – and #GHA miss ANOTHER World Cup penalty against #URU
DRAMA! 😱
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— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 2, 2022