AL WAKRAH, Qatar : Uruguay's bitterly disappointed manager and players blamed penalty decisions against them for their exit from the World Cup on Friday after they beat Ghana 2-0 but were pipped to a last 16 spot by South Korea due to an inferior number of goals scored.
"FIFA told us that the Portugal penalty was not a penalty, there you have the proof of what happened," said a stoney-faced Alonso."The team did everything they could to get into the second round, we're going home with a bad taste in our mouth." "After the match, I wanted to go and hug my family and people from FIFA come and tell me 'no', but you see a Frenchman with his children on the substitutes' bench," he added.Suarez was substituted when his team was 2-0 up and had appeared to be going through to the knockout stage, before South Korea scored their late winner to beat Portugal 2-1.
"We are sad because we left our all, we scored goals and the outcome didn't depend on us," he said, adding that it was best not to comment about the referee in the heat of the moment.Alonso said his team was unlucky not to score a third goal against Ghana, which would have taken them through, as they poured forward at the end.
They have a right to be unhappy. They were robbed of a place in the last 16 because of the 'bias' refereeing. The penalty to Ghana was dubious. A good goal was disallowed and another obvious penalty to them was not given. They miss the last 16 line up to S Kor on goal difference.
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