2010 FIFA World Cup: Uruguay vs. Holland Semifinal Preview and Predictions

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Published: July 5, 2010

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As we football fans get weened off the World Cup like a junkie coming off morphine, we enter the business end, and hopefully the highlight of the month long tournament.

Uruguay will take on Holland in the first Semi Final, while Spain and Germany will go head to head in the other.

Uruguay vs. Holland

La Celeste (Uruguay) are the world's last chance against European domination, and on paper they are most definitely the outsiders.

Uruguay: How They Got There , Form: PLD -5 W-3 D-2 L-0 (Goals) F-7 A-2

Oscar Tabarez has done an incredible job to make Uruguay South America's most successful team at this tournament. Having played more qualifying matches than any other nation to make it to South Africa, few had high hopes for a long run in the competition.

The Diego Forlan -led outfit has proved to be one of the most flexible and well organized in the tournament, strolling to the top of Group A ahead of Mexico, an imploding French team, and naive hosts South Africa.

Switching formations from 4-4-2 to 3-4-3, or even a 3-4-1-2, Oscar Tabarez has shown a great understanding of not only the opposition, but of his own team's strengths too.

Uruguay often plays on the back-foot and, importantly, have had less than 45 percent possession in every one of their matches.

They have shown a great ability to break quickly, absorb attacks, and control the space on the pitch in their third, making them a very tough opponent to figure out.

Group Stage:

vs. France 0-0, vs. South Africa 3-0, vs. Mexico 1-0.

Last 16:

vs. South Korea 2-1

Quarter Finals:

vs. Ghana 1-1 (penalties 4-2)

Key Player: Diego Forlan

The Atletico Madrid striker has been one of this event's top performers. Whether he is playing up front in a two-pronged attack or just behind as the main playmaker, he has proven himself t...
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