Uruguay coach Diego Alonso says his side’s final group game against Ghana will play a huge role in their bid to progress to the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Ghana and Uruguay face off at the Al Janoub Stadium on Friday in the final Group H game.
The two sides are in search of a ticket to the knockout stage with Ghana needing a win to automatically seal their spot in the next round of the tournament while the Uruguayans desperately need a win against Ghana to progress to the next round.
“It’s a different story, for both of us,” said Diego Alonso following Uruguay’s 2-0 defeat to Portugal on Monday.
“We will both go looking for qualification. Friday will be decisive but it’s a very different story to what happened 12 years ago.”
The game will be a repeat of the 2010 World Cup quarter-final incident which saw Luis Suarez save his side with the handball incident as Ghana eventually bowed out of the tournament on penalty shootouts.
