Below you see the start of the Group D’s
standing. This is a battle between Italiy and Uruguay at the Estadio das Dunas,
Natal and between Costa Rica and England at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte.
STANDINGS - GROUP D
| Teams | Pts | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|
|
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
|
Between Italy and Uruguay:
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1 Gianluigi BUFFON, 3 Giorgio CHIELLINI, 15 Andrea BARZAGLI, 19 Leonardo BONUCCI, 6 Antonio CANDREVA, 8 Claudio MARCHISIO, 10 Antonio CASSANO, 16 Daniele DE ROSSI, 21 Andrea PIRLO, 9 Mario BALOTELLI, 17 Ciro IMMOBILE
1 Fernando MUSLERA, 2 Diego LUGANO, 3 Diego GODIN, 6 Alvaro PEREIRA, 22 Martin CACERES, 7 Cristian RODRIGUEZ, 8 Abel HERNANDEZ, 14 Nicolas LODEIRO, 17 Egidio AREVALO, 9 Luis SUAREZ, 21 Edinson CAVANI
DID
YOU KNOW?
This is Uruguay’s 50th game in the World Cup.
Their first was a 1-0 win over Peru played out on 18 July 1930 in Montevideo.
After another emotional rendition of the
national anthems, the captains meet at midfield and we're nearly ready to kick
off.
Italy, wearing their traditional blue kit, get
us underway.
Mario
Balotelli makes a strong run through the centre of the
pitch but Cristian Rodriguez pushes
the No9 off the ball and regains possession for Uruguay.
Strong challenges have highlighted the first few
minutes in Natal. Both teams are going in hard, looking to set the tone of the
match early on.
Luis
Suarez sends in his free-kick bending towards goal and
Gianluigi Buffon punches clear.
Andrea
Pirlo's free-kick doesn't clear the first line of
defence and allows Uruguay to break on the counter-attack.
Pirlo's
next free-kick is a deceiving one. The No21 opts to shoot instead of chipping
into middle and causes Fernando Muslera
to push the ball over the bar.
Italy have had the lion's share of possession in
the first quarter of an hour but Gli Azzurri haven't been able to d much with
it yet, especially from the several free-kick opportunities they've had.
In Uruguay's first strong foray forward, Suarez passes out to Alvaro Perreira and looks to cross into
Edison Cavani but the Italian
backline defends well and forces a goal-kick off of Cavani's first touch.
Balotelli
goes
into the book after putting in a hard challenge on Pereira. Should Italy go through, Balotelli will miss their Round of 16 match after picking up his
second booking during the Group Stage.
Claudio
Marchisio shoots from distance but Diego Godin slides to stop the threat before it reaches Muslera's goal.
Italy's No17 receives the deflected cross and
shoots first time but he can't find he target.
Buffon
stops Suarez's initial shot and
denies Nicolas Lodeiro moments later making a double save.
Giorgio
Chiellini clears Suarez's free-kick and Italy go back on
the offensive.
This ended the first half have the following on
their boards 0-0:
Ball possession
| 13 | Fouls Committed | 11 |
| 3 | Attempts On Target | 5 |
| 5 | Shots | 6 |
| 0 | Total Goals scored | 0 |
| 0 | Penalties scored | 0 |
HALF-TIME:
The first 45 minutes marked by tough tackles comes to an end with neither side
able to break through. Uruguay must look to score during the second half as
currently Italy will progress to the Round of 16 alongside Costa Rica if the
scores remain the same. Meanwhile, it is also goalless in Belo Horizonte
between Los Ticos and England.
Uruguay kick off the second half as coach Oscar Tabarez makes one change, as does Cesare Prandelli.
Egidio
Arevalo earns a yellow card only
seconds after the half starts with another hard challenge, indicated the tone
of the game won't be changing anytime soon.
Rodriguez
connects on a nice one-two with Suarez
to beat the Italian backline and is clear to shoot but he pulls it wide.
Pirlo
takes a few touches, looks up and shoots from distance but his effort is rising
and goes well over the bar.
GREAT
SAVE: Suarez weaves his way through the Italian defence and takes a quick left-footed shot but Italy's No1
gets a hand to it and pushes out for a corner.
Immobile
is denied by Gimenez's sliding challenge.
They have been battling well on the right side all match.
Uruguay's captain heads home the corner and puts
the South Americans ahead!
FULL
TIME: Uruguay take advantage of
their numerical supremacy and advance into the Round of 16 as the second-place
team from Group D after a tense affair in Natal that ended 1-0 in the South
Americans favour. Captain Diego Godin's
goal proved to be enough as La Celeste
move on and send Italy home. Costa Rica's 0-0 draw against England was enough
for Los Ticos to take the top spot in
the group.
Send half Statistics:
Ball possession
| 19 | Fouls Committed | 20 |
| 5 | Attempts On Target | 9 |
| 9 | Shots | 14 |
| 0 | Total Goals scored | 1 |
| 0 | Penalties scored | 0 |
