Ghana's John Pantsil stated that "[t]he goal should have stood rather than the player being sent off", and that "[i]n the same situation [as Suárez], there is no chance the Ghana players would have used our hand." Some argued for lengthening the suspension as Suárez's handball offense was committed at the end of extra time (as opposed to early in the match) so there was no further period of normal play during which his team was handicapped by being reduced to ten men. Others maintained that Suarez's punishment was in line with the laws of the game; he was unable to participate in the penalty shootout and was banned from Uruguay's next match, and noting that if Ghana had converted the penalty kick then the handball incident would have been far less controversial.[15][16][17][18]