Suarez fires Uruguay into quarter-finals
Sunday, 27 June 2010
PORT ELIZABETH, June 26 (AFP): Uruguay became the first country to make it into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over South Korea at a sodden Nelson Mandela Bay stadium here Saturday.
Goals in either half from Luis Suarez earned Uruguay - who last made the quarter-finals in 1970 before finishing fourth - a last eight date with either the United States or Ghana - who meet later Saturday - in Johannesburg on July 2.
In a lively last 16 tie played out at a disappointingly only three quarter full venue South Korea almost caught Uruguay on the hop in the fifth minute.
A superbly taken freekick by Park Chu-Young from 25m curled past the Uruguayan wall only for the ball to ricochet off keeper Fernando Muslera's right post.
Sloppy defending and poor goalkeeping by 2002 semi-finalists South Korea contributed to Uruguay taking control of the game three minutes later.
Edinson Cavani was the instigator of the move, the Palermo forward floating a high ball over to the left for Diego Forlan.
Goals in either half from Luis Suarez earned Uruguay - who last made the quarter-finals in 1970 before finishing fourth - a last eight date with either the United States or Ghana - who meet later Saturday - in Johannesburg on July 2.
In a lively last 16 tie played out at a disappointingly only three quarter full venue South Korea almost caught Uruguay on the hop in the fifth minute.
A superbly taken freekick by Park Chu-Young from 25m curled past the Uruguayan wall only for the ball to ricochet off keeper Fernando Muslera's right post.
Sloppy defending and poor goalkeeping by 2002 semi-finalists South Korea contributed to Uruguay taking control of the game three minutes later.
Edinson Cavani was the instigator of the move, the Palermo forward floating a high ball over to the left for Diego Forlan.