Nigeria v Uruguay Match of the Day Live

Good evening. So I QUAIN -- Spain's squeeze past Tahiti, we are turning

our attention to the other two teams, Nigeria and Uruguay, in Team

B. The Super Eagles. Nigeria are in France. That was a mistake by the

keeper and it is 3-0. They continued to miss the opportunities.

Tetley tea have scored. And he gets his hat-trick. Enough to keep the

critics at bay. Uruguay will kick us off and underwear. Fabregas and

that could have been a beatable start by Spain. Spain are

deservedly ahead. They have been made to look second best by a

brilliant team. You can see how heavily he is breathing, that is

chasing the ball. How about that? Nigeria could seal their place in

the semi-finals tonight. Uruguay play Tetley tea in their last match

in a group that needs to get up and running this evening. We have had

one game already tonight. If you have just come in, this is what

beat the goalkeeper at the nearby post. A wonderful finish by

referee does not want to know and rightly so. It is not much

difference from watching Spain play anyone, really. The goalkeeper has

done really well at the feet of Fernando Torres. He hurt himself in

the process, but he did the important bit. Brave goalkeeping.

That was a good save and Torres was on to it quickly, but he goes down

Silva. It was a great ball, wonderfully finished off with his

left foot. Fernando Torres makes it three. They are plain that high-

lying, it is such a dangerous game. He was clinical that time. -- they

are playing the that high-lying. David Philip touches it into the

at his near post. He did not quite convert what was a difficult ball.

That is it for the first 45 minutes. How is the sweepstake looking at

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number five. That was a lovely ball and it went back to Torres and

Spain has six. Fernando Torres has a hat-trick. There was not much

danger of him missing that. He did well to keep it down and it was a

lovely finish. He was onside and the goalkeeper missed it. Spain

have seven. I am afraid the goalkeeper has dropped a clanger.

Invariably the linesman has got it right, but in that instance I think

he was just offside. He is plain that dangerous game. He can drop of

five or 10 yards deeper. That is another one. Spain have got eight.

There is still a long time to go, 25 minutes to go and it is 8-0.

That was a good save. A lovely reaction as well. He should milker

they are claiming handball. The referee has pointed to the penalty

spot and that is not going to go down well. He spread out his arms

and it hit his arm and the referee gave Spain a penalty and the chance

to make it 9-0. Fernando Torres is missed it. I think it was a

collective Forest -- for us, that not quite control it. Is there a

fantasy end to this game? Fernando Torres will be determined to put

that away. He has scored. Fernando Torres has four. Which bit of

videotape will get replayed from this match more than any other?

Fernando Torres' penalty will be the highlight of this game. Christ

the Redeemer stands on the mountain, 71,000 people inside the stadium

looked up and said, miss it and double figures. That was a really

good run by him. Torres caught in the way initially. But once he

turns, it is never in doubt and into the corner. He gave the

he was through. It was a lovely ball, but he just went too early.

What a moment that would have been. The referee blows the whistle.

Spain settle for 10. They will get a fantastic ovation from a crowd

that has supported them from first to last and to have really enjoyed

what they have done here today. can see them getting the souvenirs

of the Spanish shirts. It is a wonderful occasion to play against

the mighty Spain in front of their crowd. This is a wonderful occasion

That is the biggest win in the history of the competition. Tetley

tea have managed to score. We will turn our attention to tonight's

game. Both teams are getting ready in Salvador. This game is a big one

for Nigeria. They probably had this lobbyist 6-1 win in a long time.

There were a lot of negatives from that result as well. Stephen Keshi

will be disappointed the team was not ruthless enough. It is harsh

considering they only arrived 36 hours prior to that. We know when

you are playing a team inferior to you'd you lack a bit of

concentration. We saw that with Spain in the first 40 minutes today.

But Nigeria made up for its slightly in the second half. The

young players have risen to the challenges when they played in the

African Cup and I think they will rise to the occasion today. If

Uruguay turn up, after their disappointing performance against

Spain, we are in for a good game. They did not get any ball against

Spain. But they will get more of the ball against Nigeria tonight.

It should be far more evenly matched. Spain are fantastic. This

is the fight for second place. They won 10-0 at tonight. You do not

expect Spain to get beaten in their final game, even if they get a draw.

This is an important game. All the players here have a real pride in

playing for their country, they represent their country, and they

want to do a good job. Tonight they will want to impress. Edinson

Cavani is happy at Napoli, but he will want to impress. He possibly

want to go to rail Madrid. A few goals in this tournament could help

him on his way. The one problem for Nigeria was their finishing. Maybe

when you play against a team that is not as good as you, your brain

switches off a bit. You are not at the top of your game and you are

not fully switched on and that is why you get finishing like this?

think that is it, really. They wear casual with their finishing. They

are lacking any real and out and out goalscorer. Brown was

particularly guilty in the second half when he came on. They

struggled in the African Cup of Nations to score goals. Most of

their games were very tight. It is going to beat them, like San Marino

and after a long hard season, players take their foot off the

accelerator, and it only takes that drop-off of ten or 15% and you start

missing chances. Let's see the Dean McKeown last season. -- dynamo

Kiev last season. Hopefully, a slightly different Nigerian tonight.

I wasn't expecting massive changes. I think the guys played reasonably

well in the first game. Stephen Keshi has kept faith and he has kept

faith with them throughout the calendar year. Many of the bigger

names who have been doing well in Europe over the last five or six

years have been omitted from the squad, so I am glad he has kept

faith with these guys and these are the team I hope will qualify Nigeria

for Brazil in a year 's time. If he gets an opportunity today, I was

impressed with the coolness of a do Ahmadi -- I do Ahmadi. Uruguay have

made three changes, we are going to show you their line-up. We assume it

will be Diego Forlan playing behind the big two upfront, Danny. I think

it is a really exciting front three. We have seen them before. Every

single player has quality. Luis Suarez will be playing in that hole,

especially with Cavani's pays, sliding those passes through. Suarez

likes to come to feed, getting the ball around the box, which Cavani is

there to provide. This is a really potent front three and I think the

Nigerian defence may struggle. are a team a little bit under

pressure. Tavarez, the manager, they are fifth in qualifying at the

moment. He likes to rely on slightly older players and if they don't do

well in the confederations cup and qualifying, he could be out of a

job, so it is an important game for Uruguay. Yes, and expectations have

been raised in Uruguay over the years. It is been a long time since

they managed to win the Copa America, and you can understand

relying on people who have done well for you and who are still in good

shape. Diego Forlan is approaching the end of his career but he still

produces good performances. So it will be difficult to get those guys

out of the squad. If you can get the service to the likes of Suarez and

Cavani, two of the best in world football, you should be OK.

mentioned Cavani, where will he be next season. Talking about Luis

Suarez, we want to know if you think he will still be a Liverpool player

next season. To vote on this, you need to go to a BBC website -- the

BBC website. Voting closes on the half-time whistle for that, we will

give you the results later on. Gentlemen, thank you for your

pre-match thoughts. Everybody watching, it is time for Game eight

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Brazil's history. They have a new stadium built on the

site of the original. It has 55,000 seeds, it will host two games at the

World Cup. -- seeds. Inside the ground, Mark Lawrenson and first of

all, Jonathan Pearce. JONATHAN PEARCE: Thank you, good

evening everybody and welcome to the Fonte Arena.

Staging its first match of this competition, it will actually host

six at the World Cup, including a quarterfinal. Temperatures in their

mid-70s, it is a fascinating clash between Nigeria, a young emerging

side with not many well-known names, and Uruguay, studded with famous

stars and it has an historic twist. Salvador was a major port of the

slave trade between South America and Nigeria. To this day, the city

has a vibrant Afro Brazilian culture, nearly half the population

is of like African descent. And Uruguay was the first country to

introduce black players into an international football competition.

Both of them descendants of slaves, playing against Chile in the South

American championship at 1916. But it is the first-ever meeting on the

pitch between these two countries. Nigeria, 6-1 winners against Tahiti,

but still wasteful in front of goal. They also looked vulnerable at the

back against the Polynesian islanders. And Uruguay, who fought

back decently against Spain, are far more dangerous, of course. This is

really a game they must win, or qualification for the semifinals

will be out of their hands. It is a milestone date for Diego Forlan. He

becomes the first Uruguayan to reach 100 caps. I have to say, that he is,

in the tunnel, his grandad played, his dad played here in Brazil, three

generations of Copa America winners, that is some record. We have to say,

though, that the crowd is sparse, probably the lowest we have seen in

this tournament so far. The Dutch referee leads them out. Nigeria

criticised by their coach for their sloppy attitude in front of goal,

and they gave a goal away to Tahiti, but that man, of course, was in

devastating form, Oduamadi. He has been recalled from his spell on loan

back to a C Milan. All eyes will be on him, I guess, the scorer of the

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opening hat-trick. And so we come to been labelled.

Stephen Keshi wasn't happy with that opening win. He promised changes and

has made a couple. He said he would strengthen the defence because of

the threats that Tahiti posed to them in the opening game, so he has

brought a defensive midfielder John Ogu in. They are unbeaten in 18

games, that is a national record, and that team is drawn from ten

different leagues around the globe. You may recognise the match

officials, the referee took charge of the Chelsea Europa League win

over Benfica at the end of the season. Uruguay captain had four

trophy winning years in Italian ponderous midfield trio Gargano,

Peres and Gaston Ramirez have been dropped. Incomes Forlan, he has not

scored 12 games. Gonzalez starts, he was lively as a sub against Spain.

They revert to a wingback formation. Nigeria go into a

huddle. They won convincingly, Mark, and yet still heavily criticised.

MARK LAWRENSON: It is very difficult, especially after seeing

Tahiti today, when you play against a really inferior side, one or two

of the players switch off a little bit and it becomes really difficult.

I think certainly with Uruguay, in the last 20 minutes against Spain,

when Gonzalez came on and Suarez and Cavani were playing, they did look a

different team. That is what the manager has gone for tonight.

Suarez, top of your picture on the halfway line, they wanted to get him

out wide against Spain and feed him from the midfield and it didn't

really come off. They didn't have the ball, did they? Rios is playing

today, a snappy, tenacious midfield player, a bit more mobile than those

they had in the first game. It will be Uruguay to kick us off and under

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attacking with his country, I he is leader of the Uruguayan side for

the last six years, but now very much in the autumn of his career.

Diego Lugano. I am not sure he a bright start by Uruguay. That is

not Stephen Keshi. It is Oscar Tabarez. The teacher they call him,

into this without the leading scorer from the African Cup of

Nations success. They are without three of their main players.

think the pace at which you are quite are playing the game is

catching Nigeria off guard at the moment. It is 25 degrees, 71%

humidity. He had a terrific season for Napoli with his 33 goals.

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get up and support the front three. He was blocked off and it is a free

kick to Nigeria. He is very, very quick. There were reports linking

Spurs with him a while back. He had a terrific season in Moscow. He

scored in the Cup final for them. He is over there conspiring now

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very young centre-back pairing. They play them together in the

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emphasis on home players. Diego Forlan is taking everything at the

moment. Uruguay have had four there, Mark. No, it has not bedded

in. He needed a bit more of a deft touch towards the back post. Over

100 goals for Napoli in Italian football. He scored a very valuable

goal the other day against Venezuela in the World Cup

Ahmed Musa. Real pace on the right hand side. That was a good break.

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They split the three Uruguayan was given away by Diego Godin.

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by goalkeepers, haven't we? No, it was just a weak attempt. He is

tipped to a possible move from Barcelona to Galatasaray. With a

form like that. When you are at competitions like this, as you know,

sure about this. I am not sure what Diego Lugano is supposed to have

done. It was a hand across the face, OK. I thought he was terrific in

South Africa three years ago. But he has not had a great season out

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That 15. -- the first 15 minutes, door with a banjo at Manchester

United. He had a rotten time. never hit, did he? No, they realised

what a good player he was, it just didn't work for him, did it? He is

still playing a political game in the press conferences about his

future, Suarez. " I will never forget Liverpool or the Liverpool

fans, " he said. I was going to say, has a day gone by when he hasn't

mentioned going to Madrid? If Madrid are interested, he phrases it like

that. " Maybe one day, " by was at the far post. Steered away by

Caceres. We said he was fleet of foot, it was a great cross as well.

One touch, out of his feet, across it comes, a great ball through the

from out there. He is only 20, great promise. Stephen Keshi deserves

great praise for allowing these youngsters to come in. They came in

in the Africa Cup of Nations, he has shown great faith in them. It is

building the future, as long as you have time for it. They have pace all

over the pitch, which I don't think confidence Cavani. How many goals as

he scored this season? For his club? He has got 33. For his

country, just two. His international scoring rate does not come near his

scoring ratio for his club. I wonder why that is. I would suggest that in

terms of his club, it is built around him. Here, of course, he has

got Suarez and Forlan. Remember also, a great international

goal-scorer, Alan Shearer had a terrible lean patch going into Euro

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stretched. It has been a good had his criticism recently, the

Uruguayan capital, but Diego Lugano scores and Uruguay leader in this

vital confederations cup match. Great return ball by Forlan when it

comes back to it. It's it straightaway, in it goes. Cavani

completely missed it, and in the end, Lugano scuffs it in. It might

even have been a double scuffs. It is the spirit introduced into the

team by Batman. Speaking of that is what you get when you have younger

defenders. -- embodies the spirit introduced into the team by that

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he came on against mine. -- against has been one of their better players

over the two games we have seen I think they need to get the ball out

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lover, Ambrose. -- lather. He won the double with Celtic, had a good

season after moving from Israeli football. It suggests a lack of

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the left have placed to burn -- pace left-hand side, Nigeria, they have

got something, whether it is a cross, or a foul for a free kick.

They are very potent side. -- down saved a penalty against Manchester

in, but wide. Great faith by Suarez. As soon as he gets the ball, you

know he's going in the box, you know he's going to run at you, always. He

is unlucky. Over 100 goals for Ajax, 51 for Liverpool. A good

player, it is just the other nonsense that lets him down. He has

been banned for 25 games, with Ajax and Liverpool, four of the field

stuff. Who probably still get paid as well. -- four of the field stuff.

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to Forlan? He went for that, didn't some talent in this Nigerian side.

This is the thing with Stephen Keshi, if they are coming together,

growing together, in the next 18 months, two years, they will be a

really good side. It strikes me that they need a little bit more guile in

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with the ball, Musa. He seems to go put it out of play. He overran the

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ball. It is amazing how often you given his chance, because Victor

Moses is not here. We do not want to lose him at this stage. This

will be a real blow for Nigeria. We have seen already Ahmed Musa can

play it out there on the left-hand side. They can switch. They have

got Mikel Babatunde. He plays wide and can come on. He is still

receiving treatment and Nigeria are walk it off. I think he will be

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Africa Cup of Nations. He kept Didier Drogba quiet. Stephen Keshi

thinks he is going to go on to become a world great, that was the

in front of the goal. He is very slight, he is only 5 ft 7. Maybe

his feet are running a bit quicker than his brain! 54% of possession

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Gonzalez is there with them. It was deflected off Perrera, I think.

is still a little bit scatty, just rushed a little bit. They keep

getting themselves in that position, not do that for Chelsea. What a

well-taken equaliser. That is a brilliant goal from Nigeria's point

of view. He was rooted to the spot. He just cannot move. He had no

chance of getting to him. We know John Obi Mikel is not the quickest

either. It is a big competition for him. He missed the World Cup last

time round injured. That is his 4th for his country in his 50th

international. Does our great scenes. -- but does our great

positions. That is what they are saying on the bench, just a little

bit more composure. It will come eventually, but you can only have

so many opportunities. The manager Oscar to Barre's has been heavily

criticised for keeping Diego Lugano in the side. He has got an even

odder centre-back in the squad as Brazilians in the crowd want to win

because they have got a player down on the far side. It is good that

they put it out. I wonder if it is the same injury he picked up before

it. He cannot be dealing with the pain, I think. There is a banner of

one of the local clubs. The referee unhappy that the stretcher crew

arrived. Look at the state of the test to get on! There is nothing

wrong with carrying a little bit these days. I did not see you

running past me down the Mall. mean the marathon? I have got more

brains than that. Maybe not. We are and he got clobbered. He will not

be happy about that. He thinks he got caught by an elbow. That is a

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foul. That was like you down the first time for a long time they

have been anything like a threat, Uruguay. This is another 20 year-

old and plays his football in the Ukraine. Hopefully that is only

injury in the second. Tournament football at international level can

be so up lifting and heartbreaking times, the Nigerians, but they have

pace, vitality and a very direct. They are hard to play against when

they have got the ball. Suarez May, Babatunde. He has gone out wide

nothing at all. Three minutes of ageing team before our eyes, you

Nigerian players are down. One of them is Brown Ideye. It is not very

spectacular but it is a very good save. Came off his own player.It is

all of those hours on the training ground with a goalkeeping coach,

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thoughts on the first half? We will just think Nigeria need to play with

the same conviction in the second half. If anything they have is a

lack of experience, but their pace in the final third is proving really

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the ball in. Just waste a few more seconds. They want to get numero woo

back on. -- they want to get Omeruo back on. It is half-time in

Salvador, 1-1. The Uruguay captain Lugano putting them ahead after 19

minutes. Mikel equalising eight minutes before half-time. The pace

of Nigeria has thrilled us at times and worried Uruguay, but at the

half in terms of statistics. The score is 1-1 and pretty level,

Nigeria just edging possession. Efan Ekoku, it is fair to say that

Nigeria, had they gone in 1-0 down, they wouldn't be pleased, it has

been reasonable. Apart from the first ten minutes, Uruguay look

sharper. The Nigerian players are a sharper. The Nigerian players are a

bit nervous, Uruguay take advantage, but the longer the half went on, the

more Nigeria grew into it and the equaliser was the least they

deserve. Mark Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce talking about a young side.

Nigeria have made mistakes, which we will look at after the news, but

there is some real bright talent. is the only way you learn, making

mistakes. They have come out of the Africa Cup of Nations as winners,

and Stephen Keshi has allowed them to go on. If they don't get dropped

when they make mistakes, they will try and do the right thing and will

keep growing. We will have another look in a moment, but time for the

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guilty of abduction. She was in tears at the verdict in court. He'll

be sentenced tomorrow. A car has hit parents and five

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among the injured in the village of Rhoose. One girl is in intensive

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fireworks warehouse in Canada. Two people were killed near Montreal.

Nearby homes were evacuated. The cause is being investigated.

He was best known for playing the Mafia boss Tony Soprano. James

Gandolfini has died suddenly from a suspected heart attack while on

holiday in Italy. He was 51. No wonder the Queen's looking happy.

Her horse, Estimate, won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. She's the first

reigning monarch to take the trophy in its 207-year history.

That's it from 60 Seconds. Now it's Nigeria against Uruguay, the score

is 1-1 at half-time. Danny Mills and is 1-1 at half-time. Danny Mills and

Efan Ekoku are here. We said we is 1-1 at half-time. Danny Mills and

Efan Ekoku are here. We said we have more

more of

more of a

more of a decent

more of a decent look at the incidents in the first half. Let's

start with Uruguay's goal. I I'm not sure it will go down as a classic

finish, but there is some good movement. Yes, it is good movement

from Cavani, but when you see this, it is inexperienced defending.

defenders, once they have cleared that first ball, they all go to

sleep a little bit, and this second angle, you can see, it comes back

out to Diego Forlan, the players have a really good line, but Cavani

just makes that little dart across his man and the defenders are

sleeping because they just assume that once the ball has gone, the

danger has been cleared. Cavani somehow misses it completely and

then Lugano plays a 1-2 with himself and somehow it ends up in the back

burner. It is a good ball back across the box but that should have

been perturbed by defenders starting in a good line. Is that the sort of

thing that is drilled in the training ground, that second phase

ball? When she lose possession... Yes, you learn as a defender that

first touch in the box is so important. They have cleared the

danger and have assumed it is. When you get midfielders back in the box,

they go to sleep in the second phase. Cavani has shown really

bright movement, got across his man and although he has missed it, it

has thrown everybody else, and that has allowed Lugano to scramble it

over the line. That goal came at a time when Nigeria were actually

growing into the game and having a bit of dominance, then a bit of real

class from somebody who is not known as a goal machine in the Premier

league. Mikel with a fantastic finish. Yes, and well-deserved. He

has never scored a league goal for Chelsea, he now has 44 Nigeria.

Uruguay will be disappointed, it is still great play. Without being

selfish, the first thing he looks for a city made. Whenever we see

John Obi Mikel in this position for his club side... Well, never.

a bit of class or old legs from Lugano? A bit of both, he is too

square and it makes it easy to drag around him, he is not tight enough.

But still a great finish to bend it around the keeper and it is not

often we see a John Obi Mikel celebration. Very rare. Some people

have questioned in the build-up to this tournament how much it means.

You see the celebrations from both sets of players, this game and this

sets of players, this game and this tournament means a lot. This is the

biggest thing we have noticed, all of the teams here seem to have

tremendous pride in playing for their country. They have all had

long hard seasons, but they have travelled halfway around the world

to play for their country. They will have no break in the summer, back

into a full season and most of them will want to go to the World Cup. We

need to restore that sort of pride need to restore that sort of pride

back into the England team. Nigeria could have had an even

better end to the first half. In fact, one from Musa 60 seconds after

they scored. He has shown real pace. He has been very direct. I was

hoping he would take it around the defender but he's a bit anxious and

shoots from the edge of the box. He is not noted for his goal-scoring

from distance. Lugano almost puts that one into the back of his net

Butler Clipper then it goes over. Nigeria grew into the game and I

think they were the better side. terms of looking ahead to the second

half, do you think Uruguay were thinking they have got to keep it

tight, because the likes of Cavani, we saw that great movement for the

goal, but he has not really been in the game, Suarez has not seen much

of it and we talked about Forlan playing behind those two, it has not

really work. At 10-15 minute spell at the start of the game, they

looked quite sharp, but once they got the goal, they seemed to relax.

Nigeria were not much of a threat, Musa was dangerous on occasion, but

Muslera had not been tested and I think they sort of went, OK, we will

ease off the gas and take it easy. Now they have scored, they have to

put in a performance second half. Most people believe it is between

Nigeria and Uruguay to see who finished second in Group B. Spain

have played two games and won both of them. They played Tahiti earlier

in this group. If you haven't seen it, I will not ruin the scoreline,

but safe to say, there were quite a --against Spain, number one in the

world for as long as anyone can remember. Nice exchange of passes

with Juan Mata and Torres scores for Spain. Spain are in front in the

fifth minute. Wonderful finish by Fernando Torres. Many people not

expecting that scoreline after half an hour. David Silva, he will not

miss. It is two to Spain. Villa comes inside, checks to shoot and a

great ball into Silva. Lovely finish. Torres is onside, he gets

around the goalkeeper and makes it three. Again, the Tahitians playing

at Highline, such a dangerous game with the pace of Torres upfront. --

that high line. That is squared into the path of David Villa. He takes it

away for a Spanish for. That is poor number five will stop David Veer.

can go back to Torres, it does, and Torres has a hat-trick. Brilliantly

worked and there wasn't much danger of Fernando Torres missing that.

David Villa is onside, the goalkeeper has missed it. Spain have

seven. And villa, like Torres, has three. And I am afraid that Mikael

Roche has dropped a clanger. could have been offside. It has been

very tight throughout the game and I think Miller is just offside.

Again, it is plain that dangerous game. Juan Mata goes through, and

referee has pointed to the penalty spot. That is not going to go down

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to put that away and he has scored. It is 9th and he has four. Do you

know which bit of videotape will get replayed from this match more

than any other? He does not matter how many more goals Spain will

score in the last 12 minutes, Fernando Torres' penalty will be

the highlight of this game. Christ the Redeemer stands on the mountain,

71,000 people inside the stadium looked up and said, miss it, and

That was the 8th game in the Confederations Cup. After this want

everybody has played twice. On Saturday on BBC Three two of the

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You cannot not be excited about Italy against Brazil and

significant because of who finishes top in Group A. You do not want to

finish second because you assume that you will have to play against

Spain. This is a game full of tradition. You just saw all the

clips of things that happened in the past. Brazil is under pressure

on home soil. Is there one country that has stood out, or is it a case

of looking at the Big Three? Nobody has really lit the tournament up

yet. I do not see anybody wing outside of those three. Brazil and

Italy is one of those classic World Cup or any other tournament matches

with the two most successful nations in World Cup history. Spain

either team to avoid. Spain have been impressive. I would like to

see a final between Spain and Brazil. So many would agree with

you. We are concentrating on Nigeria against Uruguay. We

mentioned in our Twitter poll about Luis Suarez and how many people

thought he would be gone from Liverpool. 67 think he will not be

at Liverpool next season. He has got six games in the league which

he cannot play. Do you agree with that? I thought it might be higher

than that. You have seen what he said, I think it is a question of

when. I bet you those who were tweeting where Manchester United

are Everton fans. I think he will still be there. It will take a lot

of money to prise him away. cannot believe you are doubting the

validity of our Twitter vote. slightly, maybe there is the odd

Liverpool man in there. I think it will be Europe-wide. I think it

will be Nigeria. With the microphones are Mark Lawrenson and

substitutions in Salvador, Brazil's capital of happiness as they call

it. Although many today were touched with sadness about the

death of James Gandolfini up. Brazilians as well were talking

about the news. The Nigerians are very aware about the sadness of the

2000 Confederations Cup when one of their players so tragically died

against Colombia. It was a very emotional final and I was there.

There have been a lot of Twitter posts about that as well. Did they

not wear shirts bearing his name in the final? They did and they held a

big picture of Mark up as they went to get their medals. Nigeria get us

off under way in the second half. If it stays like this, Spain will

be through. Everyone expects them much further forward in the second

half. Mikel Babatunde started on the right. Ahmed Musa started on

the left. We will see whether or not John Ogu drops into a deeper

position. I think they have gone 4- laboured already? Still stifling

conditions in the ground with 71% humidity. The temperature is 25

degrees, about 76 Fahrenheit or middle at the moment for Europe by

and Edinson Cavani on the right. -- There was a suspicion at the start

of the competition that both these teams would lose to Spain. Both

would absolutely hammered Tahiti and if this one was a drop, it

would be down to the number of referee's 4th official. Mikel is

having a good tournament. A very influential, mature figure in this

emerging Nigerian side. performance tonight seems to be

much more positive than when he has played for Chelsea this season,

which has not been too often anyway. When the African Cup of Nations for

the third time earlier this year. laboured. They should be

acclimatised. Nigeria got here late and had all sorts of problems over

a row concerning bonuses. That was over a week ago. Off the field

problems have hindered them in major competitions. Politics is

Forlan celebrates 100 caps for Europe-wide by blasting it into the

net. It is a fantastic finish. They has got to get as close to him as

possible. Ambrose is probably 30 or 40 yards away. That is his first

goal in 13 games for his country. It is his 263rd goal in first-class

football. Nigeria have to do it again, come from behind. Mikel has

been pulled up for a foul. Interesting that the famous front

then threw himself at the ball. We talked about inexperience. Ambrose

was miles up the pitch. The ball was not even down his side. He is

international career at Joseph Yobo? Certainly, his omission created a

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Forlan getting that goal. It was clinical, wasn't it? He was talking

about his sheer pride in the build-up to the game of becoming the

this for a little bit, Nigeria -- they just need to. Pull some players

in, make sure they don't go 3-1 the Uruguay forwards, twice this

season. They lost to Argentina and drew at home to Ecuador. Ecuador and

Chile, at the moment, stand five points above Uruguay in the World

Cup qualifiers. Uruguay are in fifth place, as it stands they will play

the winner of the Asian play-off for league, it will put them in the

driving seat for second place this back on the left-hand side of the

screen, not even jogging. Uruguay's final game is against Tahiti,

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work for them. It is Nigeria who year, when they lost against Peru,

the ground, the noise levels have scored against them on his Champions

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League debut for Braga, I seem to Ambrose put it out because Caceres

was down. He stood on his foot.A fair bit is being made here about

the connections between Uruguay and black African football. One of the

greatest players was Andrade, he won Olympic gold. His dad was 98 when he

was born. That is old to be born, terrific player, he died an

alcoholic and destitute. -- the sad side. They have looked a better team

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with him upfront. Just a little bit given that several Uruguay players

look very weary. Yes, they looked dead on their feet, they have done

since the start of the second half. Nigeria just haven't enabled to get

Musa on the ball in the second half. 26 minutes ago. And making Nigeria

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Africa Cup of Nations final. He replaces Ogu. Another home-based

player, you will use for any gu ranges. -- he plays for a Guru

does it hold? 48,000 for this, they are way ahead of South Africa

It is a pity about the roads at the moment. That is the main problem.

Speak you are that there aren't any. I think getting to and from the

grounds will be the problem. Interesting to hear what Sepp

Blatter has had to say about the political servants is here, saying

that people shouldn't use football to make their demands heard --

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stifling conditions is going to take so much physical effort next summer.

And the European teams as well, that is unfair, because a lot of the

South American teams have players who play in the European league, but

the European league players will about Cavani in this competition.

Very much so. Very much so. He looks like he doesn't want to be here, in

all honesty. As in it might be affecting his move. He has said he

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wants to stay at Natalie. Of course You have to give him some credit

for getting back, but even so, a player of his capabilities... He

could have at the very least hit zero confidence. The selection of

the final ball at the moment from Nigeria is just not good enough.

Uruguay have been quite cute as well, Jonathan, defending with

seven players. Everybody gets back kicked out in the air in

frustration. The crowd are willing Nigeria back into it. I can't not

believe why he just did not play it off. He did not need to turn.

turned into trouble. Mikel Babatunde was there, just laid it

was fouled. I do not think he was. Stephen Keshi is a great character.

He could have played it round the corner. He never even looked.

Perrera has had another good tournament. Stephen Keshi quits

after the African Cup of Nations win. Not another dispute.Back in

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his job quickly, though. Perrera He came on after 73 minutes. He was

booked after 74. It has not been a great season for him, he has only

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wrap it up? Not a bad night for him so far. In his adopted homeland he

down. He just looked really tentative. He got it all wrong.

This is a man who scored 33 goals for his club this season. It does

show you what confidence means to here tonight. The Italian press

came down to watch him in particular. Because they do not

know that much about him? Because it is a massive story whether he

stays at Napoli or move to Real Madrid. They are very confident,

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the Italian press, in their side's blocked off and it is a free kick.

It looked like he was reaching into his pocket as well with a card for

Diego Lugano. How cynical is that? Berry. I think Diego Lugano is

going for the double bluff, pretending he is injured. He is

still getting the yellow-card. is out of the weekend game. Diego

Lugano has been a great First Lieutenant for the manager over the

years. He has had his distressing moments for Uruguay, though. In his

spot kick against the 2007 final against Brazil. He cannot protest

to the referee about the yellow card. Well, he can protest, but

Spain in the last game and Uruguay have got Tahiti, it favours the

really quickly. I am convinced they would have been in trouble if the

Victor Moses had been here. A Liverpool defender is going to come

on. He has got to replace Diego Diego Lugano off? It will be a big

moment in contemporary Uruguayan football history if he is not

off the chest of Ambrose and the referee was right there. Every time

they go forward the crowd urges them to get back into the game.

will be interesting to see his re action. It is a conservative switch.

Replaced by his Liverpool team-mate, the 6 ft 6 ins 22 year-old

Liverpool defender. Two years as a Liverpool player for �8 million.

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Six League starts I think. Suarez drew his left leg back. It was

really stiff if you watch it. 22 Godfrey Oboabona. A big learning

curve. Draining conditions and he looked absolutely weary. Seven

white players to run at their fullbacks, unlike the first half.

Sebastian Coates has fouled Musa and his first contribution to the game

is a yellow card. His touch was very poor. He has got such long levers,

that is the problem. Anyone who is a little bit nippy, he can't get near

them. A minute after coming on, use caution. Just as a granny was for

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him, �8 million. They certainly did. He hasn't stepped up to the mark in

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English football yet. I don't think still getting treatment. In their

post match press conference between the two matches, Uruguay said there

was no reason to panic. They were still confident of being able to get

through, beating Nigeria and also them the lead here. They certainly

don't look one of the stronger teams, way behind Spain and Italy

and Brazil. That was a great tackle, the ball came to him. It was one of

those where you want to whip your foot around it and he came to it

only skilful players that can do the job, you need the mentality to be

strong and you need players who will work for you. We have heard Efan

Ekoku saying that he needs them to show more composure at key times.

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internationals now, the Uruguayan goalkeeper. Five minutes of stoppage

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level, Babatunde. Which years. -- which he is. At the moment, Uruguay

have four or five sitting in the end playing against one. -- sitting in

will top the group, Nigeria and Uruguay will have three points and

Nigeria will have to beat Spain, because I doubt very much Uruguay

will slip up against Tahiti after what we have seen today, being

routed by Spain, double figures. A record score for the confederations

wall every time they come inside. They are just holding their

positions, Uruguay. He was massive for them in the World Cup three

years ago, Rios. He was strangely left out of the opening game.

Manager has tinkered with the formation . He is trying to get them

to play more affordable, Uruguay. They are not fluent football team,

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and his capture was not very happy. -- whacks. Grid I like this boy, he

has never stopped. Omeruo you think you will get a chance at Chelsea? I

don't think he will be in the team, he still has a lot to learn. But he

players, but the whistle had gone. presume it is for a foul. Who fouled

who? That is offside, he's coming back from an offside position. We

have had five minutes of stoppage time. Had he not been there, the

ball might have gone in the back of and the winning goal, and it

wasn't, after Lugano's first half of it had been cancelled out by Mikel,

and Uruguay are suddenly favourites to go through in second place

because of this. They have beaten Nigeria in Salvador 2-1. And here is

Group B after that game. Everyone has played twice. Spain's

record-breaking 10-0 win has them in the box seat. The expected goal fest

for Cavani, Suarez and Coe would see Nigeria needing a victory against

the world champions who have not lost in 24 games. Efan Ekoku, you

are convinced Nigeria would sort themselves out but it was Uruguay

that came through with the goal of real quality. We will go through

them chronologically, we will go back to the Uruguay opener. Danny, a

slice of Fortune? There is naive defending, they clear the first

danger but did not react to the second one. Cavani makes that first

move across the defenders and then he has a bit of an air shot and

Lugano somehow manages to play a 1-2, left leg, right leg and it ends

up in the back of the net. It was basic concentration from the

defenders. This is Mikel's equaliser, a real piece of quality.

Yes, it is well worth. Brown with a nice ball to Mikel, Lugano is square

and Mikel does well to go around him and a nice finish. At that point,

Nigeria deserves to be on better terms. If that was a well struck

left footed finish, we saw an even better one hand the front three of

Uruguay combined nicely for Forlan to score his 34th goal for his

country in his 100th appearance. A very good night for Diego Forlan.

was a superb strike. Gonzalez robs the ball from Musa, and this is a

fantastic counterattack. Suarez says Cavani and this is exceptional, he

plays this ball not to feed, as most players would do, he plays it into

the space which allows Forlan to move on to it without breaking

stride. If he had wanted to, he could have come inside on his right

foot, but that is pace and power. lot of talk about Cavani, on

tonight's reckoning, is he worth the 40 -�50 million people are talking

about? You wouldn't think so, he has had two disappointing matches. He

has had a couple of chances but there's just a guy primarily on what

he does through the domestic season. If he scores 38 goals for Natalie,

who didn't win the title, they did finish second, that is a stellar

record. That was not an easy chance, the ball was slightly behind him.

He's a great goal-scorer and I think he will prove his worth with one of

the big cuts in. It has been a the big cuts in. It has been a

pleasure to spend the evening with you. Have a good night's sleep,