Uruguay

Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands 2010 FIFA World Cup 6 July 2010 The Netherlands would advance to the final of the World Cup with a 3-2 win over South American side Uruguay. It was a match where the Dutch controlled most of …

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Uruguay have not been tested by a tough opposition in the 2010 World Cup so far. Their test was to come from France in their opening game but we all know what happened there. They cruised through the Group A …

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Uruguay has arrived at the semi-final stage of the World Cup for the first time since 1970. They are the last hope of South America after the early exits of favorites, Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay is a small but very …

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Welcome once more to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today’s ‘Who Asked You?’ award goes to former Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro, who wins hands-down for his oddly selective summary of the Netherlands victory over Brazil (see below). …

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After an amazing group stage performance for the South American nations participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chile Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina failed to deliver in the final stages of the competition. That left Uruguay as the last one …

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In keeping with tradition, Uruguay will yet again go into a World Cup game unable to shake that seemingly perennial ‘underdogs’ tag that hangs like an albatross around their collective necks.

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Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Didn’t expect the Dutch to go through against Brazil. For me the Brazilians once the things started to turn against them, they did show a distinct …

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Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Hi, I’m Adrian Clarke and cheers for joining us on pint sized Soccerlens World Cup podcast. Hopefully you didn’t take too much notice of our pre-quarter …

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Morning all and welcome, once more, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s exactly one week left, and two of the biggest fish have now been comprehensively removed from the pond. Who’d have thought that the oft-cited South …

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Goedemorgen and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Now forgive me if this sounds a little bit over-dramatic, but I think that yesterday may have been the greatest day’s-worth of football I have ever witnessed. In my …

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Uruguay 1-1 (4-2) Ghana 2010 FIFA World Cup 2 July 2010 Ghana would once again go into extra time in the knockout stage but this time were eliminated on penalty kicks by Uruguay. Ghana would take the lead late in …

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Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Withdrawal symptoms are well and truly setting in now after two whole days spent stranded in the non-football wilderness, with only the bloody tennis to take it’s place …

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