Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Bolivia 4 - Uruguay 1

Bolivia needed a win at home in La Paz to resurrect their campaign, and luckily for them they caught Uruguay in a swoon of form.  In the fifth minute, Bolivia earned a corner kick.  Rudy Cardozo's ball was flicked on at the near post to the back post by Marvin Bejarano.  Carlos Saucedo continued his sprint to the back post and knocked the ball into the goal on a slide to give his team the lead.  Gualberto Mojica nearly doubled the lead eight minutes on, but Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera denied him.  Twelve minutes later, however Mojica would not be denied his goal.  His free kick from twenty-two yards was sent on a rocket into the side netting beyond a diving Muslera, giving Bolivia a 2-0 lead they would take into the intermission.

Five minutes after the restart, another Mojica free kick resulted in a goal, this time with Saucedo finishing on a sliding redirect of the ball three yards in front of Muslera, who had been anticipating the need to save the Mojica kick.  But four minutes later Bolivia had done it again.  Cardozo did an audacious chipped cross from the end line that floated over two defenders and Muslera for a free point-blank header for Saucedo.  Saucedo's hat trick gave the home team a 4-0 lead.  Ten minutes from time, a Luis Suarez free kick from the top of the half circle curled over the wall and into the net to make the scoreline more respectable.  Bolivia win 4-1.

Goals
Bolivia
Carlos Saucedo 6, 50, 54
Gualberto Mojica 26

Uruguay
Luis Suarez 80

Match Reports:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-bolivia-revive-world-cup-hopes-4-1-222343558--sow.html
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/soccer/general/view/20221017bolivia_hammers_uruguay_4-1_in_thin_air_in_la_paz/srvc=sports&position=recent_bullet

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfwQ1dK6jS0

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