Montevideo

MONTEVIDEO - An estimated crowd of 150,000 people cheered Uruguay's World Cup squad Tuesday in Montevideo to celebrate their surprise fourth place in the World Cup.

BUENOS AIRES/MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay may have lost the door prize of third place to Germany 2:3 in the World Cup playoff in South Africa, but it still had a high time celebrating its national team Saturday.

MONTEVIDEO - Despite the 3-2 loss by Uruguay to the Netherlands Tuesday at the World Cup, tens of thousands rushed into the streets of Uruguay's capital and other cities in the region to celebrate the achievement of their team.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - The Uruguayan linesman who failed to see that a shot from England midfielder Frank Lampard crossed the goal line against Germany at the World Cup has described the error as "unfortunate." Mauricio Espinosa was quoted Monday in the Uruguayan newspaper El Pais that "it was unfortunate, a very fast ball that we couldn't see as it went into the goal despite my positioning being correct." He said the realization he'd made a mistake left a "very bitter" feeling, but that there was no option now but to "get on with things" as "these are things that can happen in football." Germany went on to beat England 4-1 in the round of 16 match.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Across South America, soccer fans are feeling the joy of victory - spiked with a twist of revenge.