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As the second half kicked off, both the coaches decided to play the same teams as they looked satisfied with the first half performance.
The first half for both the teams ended 1-1 with Perez scoring the first goal of the game for the Uruguayans in the fifth minute while Gonzalo Higuain equalized during the 18th minute. The Uruguayans were a man down in the first half and it was
the goal scorer Perez who got booked twice and left his team down to ten men.
With the second half kicking off, the Argentineans tried to move the ball around as much as possible just to take advantage of the extra man. The Argentineans relied too much on possession while the Uruguayans were more direct in their approach and whenever
they had the ball at their feet, they wanted to attack in order to take advantage of the little possession that had.
Luis Suarez, who seemed silence in the first half, looked to be much brighter in the second half. Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez often combined well to give the Uruguayans some hope in the second half. On the other hand, Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain were
the two players who were constantly threatening the Uruguayan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 line.
The Argentineans took nine minutes to create the first opportunity of the game. The Manchester City full back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero who tried to head it towards the goal but failed to do so.
Both the Argentinean centre backs, Burdisso and Milito got booked after a challenge on Luis Suarez. Later, the Uruguayan man also managed to get Javier Mascherano red carded and brought the game back to level terms for both the teams in terms of men on the
pitch.
While the Argentineans were at a man’s advantage, they looked to be threatening the Uruguayan goal but the Uruguayans were simply too solid at the back.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 gave a perfect through ball to Gonzalo Higuain during the 77th minute. The Real Madrid star turned and took a shot on goal but failed to score as Muslera pulled off a wonderful diving save for the Uruguayans.
The first http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Romero-c33100 came off his lines and
saved the day for the Argentineans.
Right before full time, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Tevez had a chance to score from a free kick and he delivered perfectly. His shot was first saved by Muslera and the deflected shot was taken by Gonzalo Higuain. Even though the shot was on target, the Uruguayan goalkeeper
dived to save it again to keep his team into the game.
The second half also ended with a 1-1 score line which meant that the match was going to go into extra time. The Argentineans saw a red card after a poor challenge on Luis Suarez by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071.
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