Bafana Bafana Sunk By Diego Forlan and Uruguay 3-0

In a chilly Pretoria Uruguay played a composed game to win against the hosts.

In the first half South Africa struggled to make any impression against a disciplined Uruguay who dominated most of the exchanges. In fact the South Africans didn’t have shot on target the whole 45 minutes. Diego Forlan, who ultimately ended up running the show ,scored a stunner in the 24th. Which was well deserved.

The Bafana bafana were being asked to play above their 83rd World Ranking. Khune continued to play well in the South African goal but the attack was just not functioning against a disciplined defence. Forlan whose father played for Uruguay in the World cup in the 60’ s was running things.

South Africa had their first shot on target in the 68th minute. Following a spell of sustained pressure from the South Americans Suarez was brought down by Kunhe, the goalkeeper. The result was that the keeper was sent off and Forlan scored from the penalty spot in the 80th minute.

Uruguay continued to run the show with many home supporters heading for the exits. Canvani had a number of shots for Uruguay well saved by the new keeper but ultimately in the last minute following a sweeping move, Alvaro Pereira made it 3-0.

Uruguayan keeper, Muslera, had celebrated his birthday in style whilst South Africa trooped off disappointed. Uruguay appear through to the next stage whilst South Africa face a difficult final match with France which they must now win!

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Posted by Patric Beck on Jun 17 2010. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News, Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry