Uruguay were the big disappointment of the first round in the group stage of the World Cup, as they had suffered a really surprising defeat from the outsider in group D Costa Rica with 1:3, as not only the result, but also the performance in this match was more than tragic from the South Americans.
And because of that, now the match against England is the last chance for them prove that they have much more abilities and here everything else, but the three points would mean certain elimination at such an early stage. Cavani was the only one, who tried something in the first game, as the rest of the field had a really low rate of performance and we saw big time the missing of their second star player Luis Suarez. The good news for Oscar Tabarez is that the Liverpool striker will most probably be ready for this extremely important game and for sure, even if he is not 100%, the manager will throw him in this battle, which will give much more variety in the attack and with him on the pitch we will be able to see the real potential in the Uruguay attacking display.
England also suffered a defeat in the opening game of the World Cup, but it came against Italy, so this is not as big disappointment, as Uruguay. In some ways even the draw could suit the British here, but still, having in mind that Uruguay will be all in in this game and they will threw everything up front, looking for goals, they will have plenty of opportunities on counter attacks, where with really fast wingers like Lallana, Sterling and Oxlade Chamberlaine, who is almost fit to play, they can make any side, playing attacking football, suffer a lot. Wayne Rooney also needs to show much better, as he was way off his best in the first game, but in the first game Italy had managed to close the spaces really well and did not leave much chances for the English attack, while in this game the picture will be quite different and they will have a lot of open spaces through the Uruguay defense.
All in all, Uruguay is going for the win in this one, as everything else will leave him out of the battle, while in the same time England also need to prove themselves, after the slow start against Italy and with all that in mind, we should see another high scoring game in this World Cup.
Match Prediction : Over 2.5 Goals @2.05 bet365
