Uruguay head into their return-leg against Costa Rica with the advantage, favouritism and the weight of home crowd expectation after their narrow win in San Jose on Saturday. The Ticos, who had squad member Froylan Ledezma controversially quit the talk midweek, face a massive task at the famous Centenario.
The South Americans, who failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in the playoffs, are determined to finish the job with Diego Lugano (the goalscorer in Costa Rica) stating, "It's been more than two years of a very hard elimination series, there are two days and 90 minutes to go.
"We can't let this opportunity escape us. On Wednesday we have to give the (Uruguayan) people happiness."
Costa Rica's stand-in trainer Marcelo Tulbovitch (with normal coach Rene Simoes suspended) said, "It's not written that we can't win (in Montevideo), we've already started to lift the lads' morale, we'll recover and get (to the match) in good shape. It's the NBA jerseys world final.”
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