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Hosts See Red As Forlan Runs Riot [FFT Article]


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By GazGoldCoast - 17 Jun 2010 8:00 AM

The fact is that Uruguay just did not play all that well here, despite the result. I mean they played OK, but nothing brillliant. South Africa looked mentally tired from their heroic first match, and barely got a shot on goal.

I couldn't help thinking that if Australia were in this group instead of Uruguay, we would already have just about qualified...




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HOST nation South Africa were left facing the prospect of an early World Cup exit after slumping to defeat at the hands of a Diego Forlan-inspired Uruguay in Pretoria today.

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By davidsomethingelse - 17 Jun 2010 6:02 PM

GazGoldCoast wrote:
There were sloppy passes all over the field, just a lot more of them from SA than Uruguay.

On that performance, I think Australia would have at least drawn with Uruguay. But full credit to them, they held it together against France and got the result here, hope they can line up a big Round Two battle against arch-rivals Argentina! That would be a great test for Diego's boys.


Uruguay completely dominated this game. South Africa just were not allowed to play, they restricted them to nothing. Everytime they attacked we would just shut them down. I think South Africa's first shot on target was in the 68th minute.

And, Uruguay and Australia are not in the same group. So why on earth are you comparing them?
I for one though, hope they don't play Argentina any time soon.

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Did that first goal take a deflection or just dip wickedly? I thought it dipped...


It took a deflection, but it was still an incredible shot.