WC MATCHES: SECOND ROUND: URUGUAY VS SOUTH AFRICA

[jenni_blog]

In an interview on TV, Uruguay's coach Tabarez said that in the first round of matches coaches tended to be very cautious in the way they approached the games. Perhaps this is the reason behind so few goals being scored. Yesterday Uruguay came out more offensively, playing with three strikers. Edison Cavani and Luis Suarez played more conventionally, and Diego Forlan was allowed to go wherever he wanted. Uruguay's defense is stronger than what most pundits initially believed. The South African team seemed undisciplined, and this resulted in a couple of yellow cards, a red for the goalkeeper and the coach being sent off as well. Diego Forlan scored twice, becoming the first multiple goalscorer at this World Cup. His two were followed by a goal from Alvaro Pereira to make it 3 - 0 for Uruguay.

Pics from the match:





A fan with an impressive hat.



























URUGUAY'S LINEUP



INDIVIDUALS

Alvaro Pereira vs Steven Pienaar



Khune sent off.





Jorge Fucile







Luis Suarez













Diego Forlan























Diego Lugano







Edison Cavani













Egidio Arevalo Rios







Alvaro Pereira













A few more manpile pics...

Comments

[an-inside-job.livejournal.com]

DIEGOOOOO ♥ ♥

HE COMES FROM URUGUAY AND MAKES THE SCOUSERS SOUTH AFRICANS CRY xD

I adored him when he was @ United & still do!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

It's too bad he wasn't as successful at United, but I am sure glad for him now! :)

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

I see you are a morning person!

While I was sleeping all the morning you were posting my boys ;)

Vamos Uruguay!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL. I post early and then watch the matches.XD

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Today is only one match to watch and it's in the evening 20:30 my time!

Sometimes I think your time more like the time in Nippon!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL @ Nippon! God, no!

We are having three matches per day this week. The first one starts at 7:15 AM. So I get up at 5 AM or so, eat breakfast, do some chores, have a shower, get dressed and sit down to watch. If I have time I will make my LJ posts. (I usually save & upload my pics in the evening.) The next match follows at 9:45 AM and is finished by 12 noon. Then there is a break until 2:30 PM when the third and final match takes place. After that I am free to do all the other things I have to do.

When the four games per day start, then there will be an extra one at noon. I will be screwed! Nothing but football all bloody day long! LMAO.

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

Those pics are awesome! I never thought I could love this team so much! They played amazing football, it was great to watch them, and it also helps that they have a lot of very sexy players! I think I must do a post about them in my journal soon. :) (I've been collecting pics of Forlán all weekend. *hides*)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

The Urus are so fantastic! I can't believe that I picked them as my dark-horse team before the WC started! I looked at the players though, and thought, "Wow, there are some fantastic players here...how can they NOT do well?" I even made a list of all the great players that were NOT chosen and there were more than I even imagined! I mean, the whole COUNTRY has only 3.5 million people in it!!! They are quite amazing, really.

LOL @ collecting pics of Forlan! It is so hard not to love the guy!♥