FIFA World 2010 : Also Uruguay Fight For Latin America

Johannesburg - Got contestants dominated the last eight rounds, now living in South America left Uruguay in the semifinal, and they were surrounded, cornered the European team. This becomes an additional motivation for La Celeste.

Uruguay Tuesday night will appear in the semifinals against the Dutch, and it was the first time they had reached that level since 1970, when they twice won the World Cup era "old school", in 1930 and 1950. "We'll play for our country, our society. But then we also know we're representing our continent. This is a huge source of pride," said striker Edison Cavani, Sunday (04/07/2010), told Reuters.

"Although they (the teams of other Latin) has been out, they remained a great power, great teams. But I think Uruguay deserve to be here, "continued the club's players Palermo. High Confidence of course the players are hanging Uruguay. They escaped to South Africa via the playoffs against teams ranked three CONCACAF zone qualifying, Costa Rica, and then incorporated in the group who had the power balance: France, Mexico and host.

Diego Forlan et al get away after holding a draw France, and beat South Africa and Mexico. They then played great against South Korea in the round of 16 large, then beat Ghana on penalties in the quarterfinals. "We are preparing for a fight perkas nan, and if God willing, one step forward again toward a big dream for us," said captain Diego Lugano, who is still a doubt for the semi-finals due to appear at a knee injury. "History of Uruguay asked us to become world champion."

With a population of only around 3.5 million inhabitants, Uruguay this year has stepped into a better level than the two South American giants, Brazil and Argentina. "Because we represent Latin America, we hope they also support us. But on the day we face Ghana, many Mexicans also support Ghana," said sarcastically striker Sebastian 'El Loco' Abreu. "Things like that is hard to understand. But that's okay, thank you to those who encouraged us."

About Netherlands, Cavani respect to the runner-up finish in 1974 and 1978 World Cups it. "They're a team that played well, played good ball. In tactics, they are nearly perfect."