Uruguay secured a 2-0 win over Ghana but both nations were dumped out of the World Cup after South Korea secured a last-gasp victory against Portugal.
A first-half double from Giorgian de Arrascaeta was enough for Uruguay to win the game but they go out of the tournament after scoring a goal less than South Korea.
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The result also Ghana’s World Cup journey come to an end and it was more penalty heartbreak for Ghana as Andre Ayew saw his spot-kick saved by Sergio Rochet with the score at 0-0.
The African side failed to avenge Uruguay knocking them out of the 2010 World Cup at the quarterfinal stage in a penalty shootout.
It was a fast start from both teams and Ghana were awarded a penalty following a VAR check after 18 minutes. Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet was adjudged to have brought down Mohammed Kudus inside the area.
Three minutes after the awarding of the spot-kick, Andre Ayew stepped up and his weak penalty was easily saved by Rochet.
It brought back memories of Asamoah Gyan missing his penalty for Ghana with the last kick of the game in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinal game between the two nations.
Moments later, Uruguay almost took the lead through Darwin Nunez but his lofted effort was hooked off the line by Mohammed Salisu.
However, Uruguay opened the scoring after 26 minutes as De Arrascaeta tapped home into an empty net after Ghana goalkeeper Lawrence Ati Zigi parried Luis Suarez‘s effort.
Uruguay doubled their lead five minutes later through another De Arrascaeta strike following a fine team move.
The South American side looked comfortable after the quickfire double and wanted a penalty of their own before the hour mark.
Daniel Amartey made a clumsy challenge on Nunez inside the area but after another lengthy VAR check, the referee didn’t award a penalty.
Ghana had chances late on but substitute Antoine Semenyo dragged his close-range effort wide while Kudus was denied by a fine save from Rochet.
As news filtered through of South Korea’s result, Uruguay pushed to score one more goal but were denied and were eliminated from the tournament.
