With the last World Cup spot up for grabs, Uruguay overcame fellow Latin Americans Costa Rica in a two game series.
After a drab 1-0 win in San Jose, los charruas returned to Montevideo with the knowledge that a tie would be enough to send them to South Africa. Yet los ticos fought valiantly and kept the Uruguayans on their toes with numerous scoring chances. In the end, Sebastian Abreu’s powerful header in the 70th minute was vital for the Uruguayans to book their ticket in next year’s World Cup.
(As you can see in the highlights below, the match would end 1-1 and Uruguay won the series 2-1 on aggregate):
Uruguay thus joins Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Honduras, and the U.S. as the Americas’ representatives to the World Cup.
Online Sources- YouTube, BBC Sport, ESPN
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