Bafana Bafana might have tried to intimidate Uruguay by singing in the tunnel but unfortuantely for them it was Diego Forlan who rang the tunes on the pitch; scoring two and having a major part in the third goal, as the boys were crushed by men.
Uruguay made a more positive start after their poor display against France in the first game while Siphiwe Tshabalala was a little ambitious with a couple of early attempts in Pretoria.
Having seen plenty of shots float sky high, Itumeleng Khune was a little shocked to watch Diego Forlan's 24th minute strike actually dip under the bar; although it did take a slight deflection off Aaron Mokoena.
Half-time: 0:1
With Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez running the show for Uruguay, South Africa needed to change something if they wanted to stay at the party.
Bafana Bafana came to life, with twenty minutes to go, after appealing to the crowd to give them more noise.
Unfortunately, when Luis Suarez sped into the South Africa penalty area, Khune caught the striker with his left foot. Massimo Busacca took a while going for his pocket; Khune backed off, fearing the worse - red card.
Diego Forlan had to wait an age while the reserve goalkeeper made himself ready, but the former Manchester United striker kept his cool and all but ended South Africa's hopes of getting out of the group stage. The hosts will need to beat France and have other results go their way.
Diego Forlan then played a part in Uruguay's third goal, in the final seconds of time added on; crossing the ball to Luis Suarez, who switched it back to Alvaro Pereira on the goal-line.
South Africa 0 Uruguay 3
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