In a full Estadio Centenario, Uruguay classified, again, for the 2010 World Cup. Uruguay was better than its rival, Costa Rica, but not enough to win the game. Washington Tabárez, Uruguayan lead, said that suffering until the end of the game seems to be a hallmark for Uruaguay.

Sebastián Abreu made a goal with his head after 70 minutes, but four minutes later the “ticos” tied the game. Uruguay was about to make goals in several occasions, but they couldn’t, and suffered twice with Costa Rica’s attempts as they could have caused the loss of the spot at the 2010 World Cup Finally, after three years of playoffs, Uruguay managed to take the last spot at the 2010 World Cup.

Uruguay Estadio Centenario was not as full as Costa Rica’s Stadium, but still, Uruguay deserved the victory, as it was more than just a rival for Costa Rica in both matches.

Stadium: Estadio Centenario.

Lines: Massimo Basucca.
Líneas: Matthías Arnet y Manuel Navarro.
Fourth Official: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland quatrain).

Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Andrés Scotti, Diego Lugano, Diego Godín; Maximiliano Pereira, Diego Pérez, Sebastián Eguren, Alvaro Pereira; Nicolás Lodeiro; Luis Suárez and Diego Forlán.
Coach: Oscar Tabárez.
Subs: Juan Castillo, Mauricio Victorino, Walter Gargano, Alvaro González, Alvaro Fernández, Sebastián Abreu, Sebastián Fernández.

Costa Rica: Keilor Navas; Luis Marín, Roy Miller, Michael Umaña; Pablo Herrera, Cristian Bolaños, Junior Díaz, Celso Borges, Walter Centeno; Brian Ruiz and Víctor Núñez.
Coach: René Simoes.
Subs: Ricardo González, Esteban Sirias, Michael Barrantes, Rolando Fonseca, Cristian Montero, Alvaro Saborío, Douglas Sequeira.

Yellow Cards: 15' Cristian Bolaños (CR), 17' Roy Miller (CR), 30' Diego Pérez (U).

Goals: 70' Sebastián Abreu (U), 74' Walter Centeno (CR)