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Former Ghanaian international, Nii Odartey Lamptey, says Ghanaian football fans need to forgive the Black Stars adding that the harm has already been done and the best thing to do is to ensure that it never repeats itself. The Black Stars failed to live up to the expectation of the fans at the last World Cup as they did not get pass the first round. This by far angered many soccer fans who have decided to withdraw their support for the Black Stars, and they made that known in the Stars' last game against Uganda at the Baba Yara stadium a month ago. But Odartey Lamptey knows too well the repercussions of the fans withdrawing their support for the playing body. �Football is a total game that has to do with all the stakeholders involved. The coaches cannot do without the players and the players as well cannot do without the supporters and it's a fact that no one can change,� Odartey Lamptey told sportscrusader.com. �In life people will hurt you beyond your wildest imagination, but in all that you must learn to forgive to move on otherwise the hurt and pain will get the best of you and it will even affect the offender and that will not help anybody.� �I have been hearing a lot of things about the players and how they felt after the Uganda match, and I can confidently say that they have regretted their actions. I can�t say much, but all I will appeal to my fellow Ghanaians is that they should just throw their weight behind them and forget all that happened in Brazil.�