World Cup 2010: South Africa vs Uruguay

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:30 PM EDT / 18:30 GMT
Group A - South Africa vs Uruguay
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

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PREVIEW
South Africa avoided becoming the first World Cup host to lose its opener. Bafana Bafana can now focus on trying to get to the next round for the first time, and a victory on Youth Day would put it on the brink of reaching that goal.

South Africa looks to commemorate the holiday when it faces Uruguay in a key Group A match in Pretoria on Wednesday.

A win against Uruguay in its second match would give host South Africa a great chance at advancing to the next round.

Expected to struggle as host, South Africa was solid in a 1-all draw with reigning CONCACAF champion Mexico in the World Cup opener Friday.

All four teams in Group A have one point after Uruguay played France to a scoreless tie Friday. France and Mexico meet Thursday.
UPDATE: Uruguay beats South Africa 3-0 at World Cup

GAME RECAP
Diego Forlan scored two goals to help give Uruguay a 3-0 victory over South Africa on Wednesday and push the World Cup host team closer to becoming the first to go out in the first round.

Forlan first scored from a deflected 25-meter (yard) shot in the 24th minute and converted a penalty in the 80th to give Uruguay its first World Cup victory since a group game at the 1990 competition.


Alvaro Pereira added the third goal in injury time, heading the ball off his knee and into the net from Luis Suarez’s cross.

Uruguay has four points from two games in Group A and is closing in on a spot in the next round, while South Africa has one and needs to beat France on Tuesday to have any chance of staying in the competition.


South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune was sent off by referee Massimo Busacca for giving away the penalty when he tripped Suarez in the area in the 79th.


For South Africa, it was a grim reminder that sheer enthusiasm doesn’t match up to well-organized play from a vastly more experienced football nation.

The game followed the pattern of this World Cup as another match of misplaced passes and defenders tightly marking forwards, stifling dribbles and shooting opportunities.

Siphiwe Tshabalala, whose goal against Mexico gave South Africa hope of reaching the next round, was high and wide with two ambitious long-range efforts.


In the other Group A match, France and Mexico face each other Thursday in Polokwane.

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