How the Uruguayan team played at the 2014 World Cup
How the Uruguayan team played at the 2014 World Cup
At the time of the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cupyear in Brazil, Uruguayans were the current champions of South America. The team had a high-quality selection of players, so from this Latin American team expected a lot in the tournament.
Team Uruguay was in the death group for the World Cup in Brazil. South American rivals became two strong European teams - Italy and England and the national team of Costa Rica.
The first Uruguayan match was held withCosta Ricans. This game was one of the loudest sensations in the tournament. Costa Rica won 3 - 1. True, then no one could have imagined that the representatives of Central America will reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.
In the second match of the group stage of Uruguay,Suárez wrested victory from the English with a score of 2 - 1. To continue the struggle in the playoff stage, Uruguayans in the last group meeting had to beat the Italian team. This result was achieved. Team Cavani and Suarez won with a minimum score of 1 - 0. This allowed the second place Uruguayan footballers in Group D.
In the stage of the playoffs of the mundialya team UruguayI had to play with a very strong Colombian team. The match for the Uruguayans ended sadly. They lost to the Colombians in all the components of the game. The total numbers on the scoreboard - 0 - 2.
The exit of Uruguay from the group of death in the play-off stageis seen as a positive result, but from Uruguayans expected more in the decisive matches for the World Cup. Therefore, the departure already in the 1/8 finals can not be considered as a successful performance of the team in the world football championship in 2014.
