After the December 2, 2022 World Cup match between Ghana and Uruguay at the Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar, midfielder Thomas Partey made time to speak with Luis Suarez.
While Suarez led the Uruguayan team to their first victory at the tournament after they drew with South Korea and lost to Portugal, Partey was on the losing team.
Partey and Suarez, who are tied via their affiliation with the Spanish professional team Atletico Madrid, were pictured in a viral photo exchanging shirts.
Suarez joined in 2020 at the same time that the Ghanaian midfielder moved to England to join Arsenal.
The verdict on Twitter over the shirt swap was critique, with the word ‘traitor’ taking being prominent. Those angry at the move say Partey could have swapped the shirts away from public view.
But for others, it was no big deal for players to swap shirts once the game is over.
Ghana ended bottom of Group H with Portugal topping whiles South Korea finsihed second ahead of Uruguay on goal difference – both teams finished with four points apiece.
The Black Stars recorded three points from three games – losing to Portugal and Uruguay and beating South Korea. They scored five goals and conceded seven.
Coach Otto Addo has resigned his position in the post-match press conference.
See some reactions to the shirt swap below:
Massa it’s not anything bad https://t.co/hBFMNpH4MP
— Wife of Esq. SoSo&So ???????? (@rosenyonam18) December 2, 2022
You prefer Jersey to your ultimate platform ? Poor performance when Partey plays for Ghana ???????? but people won’t let me talk . https://t.co/rWZskywDxp