The Uruguayans did not feel the need to sit back and defend as they did against the French. This positive attitude produced a much better and more threatening Uruguayan performance that looked to clearly overmatch the South Africans.
Uruguay started the scoring in the 24th minute, when Diego Forlan gave it a go from 25 yards out. His shot took a slight deflection off a South African defender, helping it to dip just under the crossbar and give Uruguay the 1-0 lead.
Uruguay had the lead and the better half of football when the break came around and with the scoreboard reading 1-0 in favor of Uruguay.
South Africa continued to struggle against clearly a more talented Uruguay squad in the second half. They seemed to always be a step behind and struggled to create any form of possession or creativity to worry Uruguay.
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