Uruguay Vs Netherlands World Cup 2010
By Soumitra Mondal, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, July 6, 2010
San Francisco (GaeaTimes.com) - The people around the world are going to be the witness of a great match between Netherlands and Uruguay in the semi finals of the World Cup 2010. The traditional football and the Latin American skill will face each other today. Two times world champion Uruguay is qualified for the semi final after long years whereas a new horizon is going to be opened in front of Netherlands. But today Uruguay is definitely going to miss Suarez, the savior of the last match and the main striker as well. There is no card problem of Netherlands.
In the quarter final matches, Uruguay beat Ghana in the penalty shoot-out and Netherlands beat Brazil by 2-1. In the match against Ghana, the hand of Suarez came under the spotlight. He was shown the red card when he saved a sure goal by his hand and Ghana missed the penalty allowed to them. The ultimate effect was reflected in the penalty shoot out. Diego Forlan is still there. He is considered as the key player of Uruguay in world cup 2010. Another person whose contribution is enough to construct a concrete team is the coach, Oscar Tabarez. For last two years he is working very hard for the national football team of Uruguay and everyone can now see the output.
Now let’s talk about Netherlands. Robben and Wesley Sneijder, Van Persie enriched Netherlands is ready to face the challenge of the semi final against Uruguay. There is no doubt that after beating Brazil in quarter final Netherlands has got extra energy. They totally crashed Brazil in the previous match. Van Persie and Mathijsen is totally match fit. It can be said that Netherlands is surely favorite in today’s game. Let’s just see what becomes color of the first semi final - orange or sky blue.