Pretoria: Diego Forlan scored twice as World Cup hosts South Africa's hopes of progressing to the knockout stage suffered a heavy blow with a 3-0 loss to Uruguay at the Loftus Versfeld stadium on Wednesday.
A 24th minute strike and then a 80th minute penalty from Forlan along with a last-minute header from Alvaro Pereira left Uruguay in a strong position on four points from two games while South Africa have just a point.
Group A rivals France and Mexico, who both drew their opening games face each other on Thursday in Polokwane.
Image:Diego Forlan kicks past Siboniso Gaxa and scores the opening goal
Text: Reuters
Images: AP
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