Luis Suarez Brace Gives Uruguay 2-1 Win Over South Korea, Spot In World Cup Quarterfinals

South Korea’s 87th minute chance to equalized was stopped by Fernando Muslera after Lee Dong-Gook had a clear chance from 16 yards on the Uruguayan keeper.

Lee was played behind the line by a 25 yard through ball after the Korean striker took advantage of an uneven Uruguay back line. The attacker turn on the shot and struck it with his right foot only to see Muslera block the ball to his right of goal.

South Korea has brought off a midfielder for a forward, going with three advanced attackers for the final moments against Uruguay.

Forward Yeom Ki-Hun is South Korea’s second substitute, replacing central midfielder Ki Sung-Yeong in the 85th minute.

Oscar Tábarez has subbed-off goal scorer Luis Suarez, bringing on midfielder Alvaro Fernández with his final substitution. The likely change shifts Uruguay out of a 4-3-3 formation into a 4-4-2.

uruguay maintains a 2-1 lead in the 86th minute.

Luis Suarez’s second goal of the match has given Uruguay the lead, 2-1 in the 80th minute.

A corner kick from the right of goal can out of box but was chested back into the play by Nicolas Lodeiro. The ball came to Suarez who took a touch to his right, nearly had the ball take from him by a South Korean defender, and let a shot go from 18 yards to the left of goal, curling it inside Jung Sung-Ryong’s far post, giving the goalkeeper no chance to prevent Uruguay’s 2-1 lead.

Oscar Tábarez has brought on Nicolas Lodiero, his most creative midfielder, for Alvaro Pereira in the 75th minute, maintaining a 4-3-3 formation but changing the look of the midfield.

The move comes moments after Luis Suárez missed an opportunity at Jung Sung-Ryong’s right post, a long pass putting him behind the South Korean defense. Suárez’s first touch on the looping ball went wide of the near post, the striker seemingly thinking himself offside as he looked to the linesman after his miss.

Uruguay’s scoreless streak at this year’s World Cup ends after 338 minutes with South Korea’s Lee Chung-Yong converting a set piece in the 68th minute to even the score at one.

Park Chu-Young’s ball from the left flank was headed back to toward the near post by Lee Jung-Soo, with Lee Chung-Yong winner the subsequent aerial battle and beating Fernando Muslera to make it 1-1.

South Korea has switched to a 4-4-2, bringing on veteran striker Lee Dong-Gook.

Lee has been subbed-on for Kim Jae-Sung, shifting South Korea out of their 4-5-1 formation.

Park Ji-Sung headed shot off a cross from Cha Du-Ri forced Fernando Muslera into a diving save at his left post, but Uruguay maintain their 1-0 lead into the 62nd minute.

South Korea has found success penetrating down the right flank, generating four shots on goal in the half’s first 15 minutes. However, Uruguay is at times playing a lone striker, putting their nine other out-field players in defensive positions as they try to maintain their 1-0 lead.

South Korea created early second half chances for Lee Young-Pyo and Lee Chung-Yong but have been unable to equalize Luis Suárez’s eight minute goal, remaining behind Uruguay 1-0 in Sourh Africa 2010’s first Round of 16 match.

South Korea has dominated the first 13 minutes of the second half, with Uruguay rarely holding possession.

the second half has started in Port Elizabeth, and Oscar Tábarez has seen enough from Diego Godín.

The Villareal center half missed the Mexico match with a leg injury, and after 45 minutes against South Korea, has has been pulled-off.

Luis Suárez’s 8th minute goal was the only tally of the half, and if the second half plays out the same way as the first’s final 37 minutes, Uruguay’s 1-0 lead may carry La Celeste into the quarterfinals.

After Suárez’s goal, the Uruguayans sat deeper in defense, with their three midfielders habitually camped just yards in front of their penalty box. South Korea was able to dominate possession, holding 57 percent at the whistle, but failed to get a shot on goal, with their best chance after the goal being a long shot from right back Cha Du-Ri.

In the least shocking (though possibly only, to date) tactical shift of the knockout round, Uruguay has used its opening goal from Luis Suarez as justification to play deep and rely purely on counter-attacks. Suarez and Alvaro Pereira have had opportunities from those attacks, but the bulk of the last half hour has been spent in the Uruguay half.

Uruguay has scored the crucial first goal in their Round of 16 match against South Korea, with Luis Suárez finishing into an empty net after a Diego Forlán cross took the defense out of the equation.

Forlán, from the far left of attack, played a ball across the box, perfectly between the back line and goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong. Jung’s mistimed dive took him out of the play, with Suárez taking the ball at the far post for an easy, unmarked finish in the 8th minute

Park Chu-Young has certainly figured out the Jabulani, with the South Korean forward hitting the post with a 20-yard direct kick in the fourth minute of the Asian Tigers’ Round of 16 match against Uruguay.

Park scored from a direct kick against Nigeria in group play, and in the fourth minute against Uruguay, the Korean put a kick up and over the wall, against Fernando Muslera’s right post.

South Korea’s fluid approach, relying on its wing play, will go up against a Uruguay team that’s content to sit-back with a stalwart defense and rely on it’s counter-attack. Should that approach lead to an early goal for Uruguay, South Korea’s likely in for a long, frustrating day running their attack into a set-up that’s yet to allow a goal.

Uruguay, Going Forward: Diego Forlán may not be the best player in this tournament, but he has been the most important, with his shift from a role along the line to a withdrawn striker’s role being the defining moment of Uruguay’s group stage.