Asia Down To A team Left While Ghana Keeps African Hopes Alive

Game 49: Uruguay 2-1 South Korea

If anything was to be taken out of this game, I'd say the World Cup has finally warmed up. A great game, especially in the second half where South Korea showed a lot of quality in order to get that equaliser. I thought they were going to steamroll past their opponents once they got it but Uruguay came out of their shell and relentlessly applied pressure on the Korean defence. It paid off but it took a wonder goal to break Korean hearts who had a great chance to level things up again late on but it wasn't meant to be. South Korea's players should hold their heads up for a more than decent performance in this World Cup and with a little more luck, things could have been better. Man of the Match: Luis Suarez (scored both his team's goals; one needed composure while the other needed sheer brilliance and he showed both)

Game 50: USA 1-2 Ghana

This result surprised me a little. Well, maybe not because I thought this was an evenly-contested match to begin with anyway and it showed. But the Americans' lack of concentration in the early stages of a game have cost them in this competition. Ghana, meanwhile, played brilliantly in the first half and deserved their lead but once again USA showed pure determination to get back to level terms. But Asamoah Gyan's well taken goal in extra time proved to be enough to sink their opponents. They take on Uruguay in the quarter finals. It should be an interesting game and whoever scores first would have to show good organization in defence to come out tops. Man of the Match: Richard Kingson (Ghana's goalkeeper single-handedly kept Ghana in the lead for a long periods in this game and only got beaten by a penalty)