<p>“Some say that Suarez is a hero and now he's walking proudly,” Rajevac told Bulgarian sports daily Meridian Match on Saturday, a week after the match at Soccer City.<br />“Come to your senses, people. He's not a hero, he's a trivial cheat. What hand of God? It was the hand of the devil,” he said.<br /><br />Suarez's ‘Hand of God’ denied Ghana the prize of becoming the first African team to reach the last four of a World Cup and sparked a worldwide debate.<br /><br />Asamoah Gyan missed the resulting penalty to leave the match deadlocked at 1-1 after extra time and Uruguay won the shoot-out 4-2. Uruguay were then beaten 3-2 by Netherlands in the semis.<br /><br />Suarez was hailed a hero in South America and a cheat in Europe and Africa. Ghana had been the remaining African survivors in the tournament after six teams started.<br />“FIFA should change the rule following this fraud,” added Rajevac. “Referees should allow a goal and not award a penalty when someone stops the ball with a hand on the line like this.<br /><br />“I think we could've gone all the way to the final and spring a big surprise -- an African World champion.<br /><br />“But everything has crumbled after Gyan's miss and in fact, we've lost a match that we should've won and it's really painful.”</p>
<p>“Some say that Suarez is a hero and now he's walking proudly,” Rajevac told Bulgarian sports daily Meridian Match on Saturday, a week after the match at Soccer City.<br />“Come to your senses, people. He's not a hero, he's a trivial cheat. What hand of God? It was the hand of the devil,” he said.<br /><br />Suarez's ‘Hand of God’ denied Ghana the prize of becoming the first African team to reach the last four of a World Cup and sparked a worldwide debate.<br /><br />Asamoah Gyan missed the resulting penalty to leave the match deadlocked at 1-1 after extra time and Uruguay won the shoot-out 4-2. Uruguay were then beaten 3-2 by Netherlands in the semis.<br /><br />Suarez was hailed a hero in South America and a cheat in Europe and Africa. Ghana had been the remaining African survivors in the tournament after six teams started.<br />“FIFA should change the rule following this fraud,” added Rajevac. “Referees should allow a goal and not award a penalty when someone stops the ball with a hand on the line like this.<br /><br />“I think we could've gone all the way to the final and spring a big surprise -- an African World champion.<br /><br />“But everything has crumbled after Gyan's miss and in fact, we've lost a match that we should've won and it's really painful.”</p>
