The first possibility to make a World Cup 2010 bet in online sports betting in the round of 16 happened on Saturday as Uruguay took on South Korea.

Uruguay was the leading team from Group A while South Korea finished 2nd in Group B. Uruguay were preferred in World Cup sports betting against South Korea after they had been quite outstanding with 2 victories and a tie. Uruguay is undefeated against South Korea in their four previous games and they looked like the far stronger side in this Saturday matchup.

South Korea played Nigeria to a 2-2 tie and was just able to get through to the knockout round. South Korea finished with just four points but that was enough to get through Group B that was received by Argentina. South Korea looked good in their first game against Greece but then was owned by Argentina. They did what they had to do though against Nigeria and got the point to advance. South Korea includes Park Ji Sung and Lee Jung Soo and quite little else. It figured to be really challenging for South Korea to score against a Uruguay team that had yet to permit a goal in the World Cup.

Uruguay rolled over South Africa in their 2nd game after they played to a tie with France in their first game. They controlled Mexico in their third game to win Group B. Uruguay has the ability to score goals with Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez and they play terrific defense. They ought to have been able to exploit a South Korea defense that has permitted six goals in three games.

South Korea has allowed the first goal in their last 2 games to Argentina and Nigeria. One time they gave up the first goal to Uruguay, they almost certainly had no possibility to win, despite the fact that they came back to get the tie against Nigeria. South Korea has scored five goals but 2 of those were scored as a result of errors by other squads. On defense, Uruguay hardly ever makes any errors. The other three goals for South Korea were scored on set pieces and Uruguay is terrific at defending those. Uruguay has the better offense and the better defense and that’s why they progressed to the quarterfinals with a win over South Korea.

The final score of 2-1 in favor of Uruguay was little surprise to any person. Japan is now left as the only Asian team left with a chance to get anywhere since South Korea has now been eliminated from the World Cup. And their approaching game against Paraguay isn’t genuinely looking too good for the Japanese team.

Huh Jung-moo, South Korea’s coach, stated through an interpreter that soccer in South Korea is a work in progress. He explained that the state of his country’s soccer program is unquestionably in better form now than it was in 2002, when it reached the World Cup semifinals as a co-host nation.

Uruguay’s coach, Oscar Tabarez, claimed that South Korea has grown rather a bit as a team. He appeared impressed with the South Korean team when he said that though they had to lose the game, they leave the World Cup with their heads held high.


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