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Uruguay Reaches World Cup Quarterfinals

   VOA News 26 June 2010
   Uruguay's  Jorge  Fucile, top, and South Korea's Park Chu-young, left,
   go  for a header during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between
   Uruguay  and  South  Korea  at  Nelson  Mandela  Bay  Stadium  in Port
   Elizabeth, South Africa, 26 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   Uruguay's  Jorge  Fucile, top, and South Korea's Park Chu-young, left,
   go  for a header during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between
   Uruguay  and  South  Korea  at  Nelson  Mandela  Bay  Stadium  in Port
   Elizabeth, South Africa, 26 Jun 2010

   Two-time  former  champion Uruguay is the first football team into the
   quarterfinals  of  the  2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa with a 2-1
   win over South Korea. Â
   Luis  Suarez  twice  gave  Uruguay  a one goal lead Saturday in rainy,
   windy  conditions in Port Elizabeth.  The Ajax striker put La Celeste
   ahead  1-0  in  the  eighth  minute,  and  made it 2-1 in the 80th. Â
   Suarez  was  voted Man of the Match for leading Uruguay into its first
   World Cup quarterfinal appearance in 40 years.
   Lee  Chung-yong  made  South Korea the first team at this World Cup to
   score against Uruguay when he headed in an equalizing goal in the 68th
   minute.   The  South  Koreans dominated the pitch in the second half,
   playing  with more energy and finesse than Uruguay, which will have to
   serve as consolation as the Asian team flies home.
   Uruguay  next  plays the winner of Saturday's second round of 16 match
   between  Ghana  and  the  United  States  in Rustenburg.  Former U.S.
   president  Bill  Clinton  will  be among the dignitaries attending the
   game.
   Ghana eliminated the Americans four years ago in the final group match
   of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.  In addition to avenging that loss,
   the  United States will be trying to win consecutive World Cup matches
   for the first time.
   The  United States narrowly advanced with a stoppage time goal against
   Algeria  to  win  Group-C.   Ghana  was  runner-up  in Group-D behind
   Germany.
   The 2010 FIFA World Cup ends July 11 where it began, in South Africa's
   iconic Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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