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Luis Suarez’s best moments as he hits 500 goals – originally posted on Sportslens.com Luis Suarez has been one of football’s very best players over the past decade. As brilliant as he is controversial, the Uruguayan hit an astonishing milestone of 500 goals this weekend. Among active players, only Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, […]
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Few footballers have been disliked as much as Luis Suarez in recent years. The Uruguayan has bitten three opponents in separate incidents over his career, stamped on opposition players and regularly dived in order to win penalties. Almost all of those have been punished with long bans and fines. However, there was one incident involving […]
Brazil fans’ nineteen year wait for a trophy was finally ended on this day back in 1989 as they defeated Uruguay 1-0 in the final of the Copa America.The game was a repeat of the 1950 World Cup Final that was famously won by the Uruguayans in Brazil exactly 39 years previously. Revenge for the […]
The first ever World Cup matches were played on this day back in 1930, with France playing Mexico and later USA beating Belgium.France beat Mexico 4-1 in front of only 4,444 fans at the Estadio Pochitos in Montevideo. This was the smallest of the three venues that were used, all three were based in the […]
There was a peculiarity in the 1950 World Cup where several countries pulled out of the competition, leaving just Uruguay and Bolivia as the only sides in Group 4! India, Scotland and Turkey qualified for the fourth World Cup but decided against travelling. India only refused after the draw for the group stage had been […]