Friday, 11th June 2010
Naught to Sing About
 
Uruguay vs France
in Cape Town.
The first ever winners of the World Cup met the scorers of the
first ever World Cup Finals goal - that was Uruguay
1930, this is now.
If there are problems in the French camp it hasn't shown on the pitch
in the opening minutes of the match against Uruguay; as swift passing and confident
movement almost enabled Sidney Govou to snatch the lead for France.
And that was really the best chance of the first forty-five minutes.
Half-time: 0:0
Sadly, for most of the second-half neither team had much to offer;
even the feeble French chorus of 'Allez les Bleus' could hardly be heard above the
vuvuzela drone.
Only with fifteen minutes to go did both teams realise that winning
the game might be something to aim for.
But then Uruguay substitute, Nicolas Lodeiro, collected his second
yellow card in less than twenty minutes on the pitch and reduced his team to ten men.
France tried to add fresh attacking options while Uruguay sought to
hold on to the one point. But the minutes ticked away and Thierry Henry's free-kick was
headed away in the final seconds.
Final Score:
Uruguay 0 France 0
Man of The Match:
With neither team getting on the scoresheet our Man of The Match would have to go to Diego
Forlan; for looking the most likely.
Teams
 Uruguay:
1 Fernando Muslera; 3 Diego Godin, 2 Diego Lugano, 6 Mauricio Victorino; 11
Alvaro
Pereira, 17 Egidio Arevalo, 15 Diego Perez, 16 Maxi Pereira; 9 Luis Suarez, 18 Ignacio
Gonzalez, 10 Diego Forlan.
 France:
1 Hugo Lloris; 13 Patrice Evra, 3 Eric Abidal, 5 William Gallas, 2 Bacary Sagna; 7 Franck
Ribery, 19 Abou Diaby, 14 Jeremy Toulalan, 10 Sidney Govou; 8 Yoann Gourcuff, 21 Nicolas
Anelka.
Referee:
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
 Substitutions:
63 Mins (Uruguay) - 14 Nicolas Lodeiro on for 18 Ignacio Gonzalez
72 Mins (France) - 12 Thierry Henry on for 21 Nicolas Anelka
74 Mins (Uruguay) - 13 Sebastian Abreu on for 9 Luis Suarez
75 Mins (France) - 15 Florent Malouda on for 8 Yoann Gourcuff
85 Mins (France) - 11 Andre-Pierre Gignac on for 10 Sidney Govou
87 Mins (Uruguay) - 8 Sebastian Eguren on for 15 Diego Perez
 6 Yellow
Cards:
12 Mins - Patrice Evra (France)
19 Mins - Franck Rib�ry (France)
65 Mins - Nicolas Lodeiro (Uruguay)
68 Mins - Jeremy Toulalan (France)
81 Mins - Nicolas Lodeiro (Uruguay)
93 Mins - Diego Lugano (Uruguay)
 1 Red Card:
81 Mins - Nicolas Lodeiro (Uruguay)
2010 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
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