But with five minutes left on the clock, Steven Gerrard accidentally put the controversial Liverpool striker through and he beat Joe Hart to give the Uruguayans a 2-1 win
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England now travel to Sao Paulo to play Uruguay in a must win match for both teams.
Uruguay’s miserable night was complete in added-on time when Maxi Perreira was shown a straight red-card for lashing out and must now serve a ban in Thursday’s clash against England
This is as the two teams clash on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil
The hero of the night was Alphonse Areola, who saved two of La Celsete’s spot-kicks, while Dimitri Foulquier was the man to score the winner of Les Bleuets
“FIFA wishes to celebrate the World Cup’s 100 years in Argentina and Uruguay, I can confirm that,” said Grondona, the Senior Vice-President of world soccer’s governing body
The two sides could not be separated in 120 minutes of football and it was the Italians who held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out
Substitute Luis Suarez added a brace in the final minutes, surpassing Diego Forlan as Uruguay’s all-time leading scorer
The result means Brazil are likely to meet Uruguay in a semi-final in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday
Forlan held the record of being his country’s highest goal scorer by himself for quite a while but Luis Suarez tied him with his goal against Spain
On the other hand, Super Eagles’ Coach, Stephen Keshi, has handed Sporting Coimbra of Portugal, John Ogu, his first ever start since earning a national team call in April
“We want to first of all thank Nigerians for their continuous support
and prayers. The game against Tahiti has come and gone
The Eagles are majestically perched at the top of Group B of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup following a 6-1 trouncing of Tahiti in Belo Horizonte on Monday evening
Captain Iker Casillas featured in friendly wins over Haiti and the Republic of Ireland last week, but is unlikely to get the nod on Sunday, as he has not played for his club side Real Madrid since January