Uruguay is a country in
the southeastern region of South America. It is bordered by Argentina, Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean; with its capital and
largest city being Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square
kilometres (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation
inSouth America after Suriname.
The 1930
FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for
men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay in July
1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host
nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first
constitution, and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained
their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. All matches were played in
the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, the majority at the Estadio Centenario,
which was built for the tournament. The
first World Cup was the only one without qualification. Every country
affiliated with FIFA was invited to compete, and given a deadline of 28
February 1930 to accept. The resounding
wins for Uruguay and Argentina in the semi-finals meant the final was a repeat
of the matchup in the 1928 Olympic final, which Uruguay had won 2–1 after a
replay. Uruguay were the winners.
Now in FIFA 2014, they
play the crucial match against England. Not good news for their fans, as Uruguay
captain Diego Lugano has been ruled out the clash against England with a knee
injury. The 33-year-old, who spent last season at West Brom before being
released, has been prevented from training properly by a pain in his left knee,
according to a statement from the Uruguayan Football Association. Uruguay are
looking to improve upon their previous outing in their opener against Costa
Rica, going down to a 3-1 loss, while England are in an equally precarious
position in Group D having been beaten by Italy by the odd goal in three. If
either team should lose it would all-but seal their World Cup fate.
campbell kicks one into goal Costa Rica Vs Uruguay
Away from
the field too, their faltering tournament took another sour turn when it
emerged Tuesday that Brazilian health authorities had seized 39 kilos (86
pounds) of ___________ from the team. It
is ‘Dulce de leche’m a South American confection prepared by slowly heating
sweetened milk. Literally translated, it
means "candy of milk". It is popular in Latin America, notably in
Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia
and Venezuela. The product is a favourite of members of the Uruguay national
football team.
Brazilian officials say
they confiscated 39kg (86lb) of caramel spread from Uruguay's football team as
it arrived in Brazil for the World Cup. The spread, called dulce de leche, is
extremely popular in Uruguay but the Brazilian authorities said that as it was
made with milk, it needed sanitary documentation which was lacking. Some fans
are already blaming Uruguay's shock 3-1 defeat to Costa Rica on the lack of
dulce de leche.
The dulce de leche was
seized from the team after it landed at Confins airport near their training
camp in Sete Lagoas. Uruguay fans fear
their team has been thrown out of kilter due to the lack of dulce de leche; deprived
of dulce de leche, Uruguay fans have had to resort to other sweets. An official with the Brazilian agriculture
department told Reuters news agency that the Uruguayans could have the dulce de
leche back "as soon as they can produce the necessary documents". "Or
they can pick it up on their way out of Brazil," the official added.
It is not clear if one
person carried the entire 39kg-stash or if the jars of the popular sweet paste
had been distributed between the players. Former Uruguay goalkeeper Juan
Castillo said the team had also taken dulce de leche to the World Cup in South
Africa, where they had not had any problems at customs.
For the moment,
it appears that the inaugural tournament Champion is having problems on and off
the field.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar.
18th June 2014.
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