Uruguay was Sad but Very Happy after Losing in The Semifinals of The World Cup
Author: Jose Viano
Long faces and some tears, but heads high and proud of the work performed in Uruguay that left the elimination of your choice today in the semifinals of the World Cup after losing to the Netherlands combined for two goals against three.
The floods that inundated Montevideo people celebrating the victory of the whole Uruguayan happened in South Africa today repeated again after the final whistle of the referee Ravshan Irmatov Uzbek and flags flying proudly again, but the fun and excitement gave way to resignation worthy with which the Uruguayans were the result of the tie.
As in every match throughout the tournament selection in the capital the meeting lived intensely hours before it started, with people rushing his efforts to be free at the appointed time watching television.
Thousands of fans braved the winter cold and the threat of rain and headed to downtown Montevideo to attend the meeting on the giant screen installed for the occasion on the Plaza Independencia.
Others, like President José Mujica, went to the theater of the national broadcasting company to watch football with Executive members and hundreds of high school students willing to give his last breath to encourage the ‘sky’.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country took cover in offices, businesses, shops, houses and bars, wrapped in white and blue flags of the country and with their faces painted with the hope that his country reached the final of a world championship first time since 1950.
Attendees at the plaza was James ‘The Positive’, 82-year veteran aficionado who already went to the same place last Friday when combined Uruguay eliminated Ghana in the quarter finals in an epic match that was decided in penalty kicks .
True to his nickname, ‘The Positive’ Efe said during the game that Uruguay was “going up their game” and that the Uruguayan team would win.
“The conditions are, and is the faith of the people and their safety, and that energizes and moves the hand of God, and God does miracles,” he said with a smile.
The subsequent defeat not daunted the amateur, who armed with a light blue ratchet ancient witness of Uruguay at the World Cup victories in 1930 and 1950, tried to encourage more dispirited.
“We went close but could not. However this has been very positive, we have shown the world that here there is still football,” he said.
Another witness was sad but happy Natalie Guerra, who came to the square with an intricate white makeup and blue and said that for the small Uruguay, a country of 3.5 million people, “being in the semi-final is like champions. ”
“Yes we thought it could win, but we do not. We would have come out champions, we are sad. But at the same time no one thought we passed the first stage, it was like a miracle that made it grow the illusion,” he concluded.
After the game, people left the Independence Square and went to the place of the celebration of other occasions, without much fuss but without getting carried away by anxiety.
Dejected, but not sunk, the young Marcos Efe Corujo confessed to his pride in the team coached by Oscar Washington Tabarez, who did not surrender at any time.
“I am proud, yes. It is sad, but everyone is happy because they got there upstream. It is a pity, but it happened. The boys gave everything,” he concluded.
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