By Michael Oliver
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LIVE COMMENTARY: Uruguay 1 - 1 Chile
Full time - The whistle goes, and that's 1-1. Chile might've snatched a win, but Muslera kept his country in the game. All video's up. Tune in for our live update of Mexico v Peru coming up next!
85 mins - Free kick from Ponce for Chile sails over the wall and heads over goal.
Video up - Great save from Muslera for Uruguay.
78 mins - Double save again from Muslera! Punches a free kick away, then knocks away a second shot on the volley.
76 mins - Great save Uruguay! That was goal-bound for all money. Chile press up in the Uruguay box again, and Muslera dives right. Fantastic.
72 mins - Another Uruguay player goes down with plague. Oh wait... no... he just got a ball to the groin. I think I'm going to cry. Video coming...
70 mins - Vidal cops a yellow card for a foul on Gonzalez for Uruguay. Didn't look like much, but he made it seem like a big deal. Cough, cough.
Video up - Sanchez splits Uruguay open, and puts Chile on the scoreboard.
66 mins - Now it's Uruguay who's on the ropes. They're the ones who're looking rattled.
62 mins - GOAL CHILE! Sanchez splits Uruguay wide open, and we're on equal terms. Video coming...
Video up - Pereira puts Uruguay 1-0 ahead.
57 mins - Uruguay have their tails up now. Playing with a lot more confidence and zing. Chile are stunned.
53 mins - GOAL Uruguay! Beautiful, patient, work in the box from Uruguay, and Pereira comes up trumps. Video coming...
47 mins - Silly play by Caceres for Uruguay, gives away a free kick, and lands his second yellow. He'll sit out the next game against Mexico.
46 mins - Oh god, why didn't he put some power behind it! Chile once again right on the Uruguay goal, and get a one-on-one chance. A soft tap is collected by Muslera for Uruguay.
45 mins - And we're back underway. Fingers crossed for some goals.
Video up - The rebound almost-goal, and Chile press hard again. See you after the break.
Half-time - Chile pressing hard, and Uruguay has a lot of work to do.
42 mins - Chile close again! They're asking serious questions of Uruguay at the moment.
39 mins - CHILE CLOSE! Quite an extraordinary let off for Uruguay. A Uruguay clearing kick rebounds off Isla, and hits the crossbar. Video coming...
35 mins - Sanchez appeals for a penalty after digging the ball into the box, but the ref just smiles and invites him to get back up.
32 mins - Close! Nadal for Chile almost puts one away, but it skirts to the right of the post.
29 mins - Hello there! Bit of a scuffle going on. Looks like a Uruguay player took a fall after challenging with a header... and the Chilean player took exception to this. One tried to trip the other, and they both end up in the ground. Referee orders a free kick to Uruguay for the original infringement. Bit higgildy-piggildy.
27 mins - Sanchez for Chile commits another foul, resulting in another free kick for Uruguay.
25 mins - Close again for Uruguay! Ball curls in from a free kick, and Chile's defences is in sixes and sevens... but they manage SOMEHOW to scrape the ball clear of the goal line.
Video up - Vidal's strike. Was always heading up.
19 mins - Ooooh, that had some power behind it. Vidal for Chile takes aim, and it just sails above the goal. Powerful shot, and Uruguay can't afford to let this team play. Video coming...
17 mins - Suarez played onside, goes for the shot... oooh, over the top. Excellent chance, lousy execution, and he knows it. Flops on the ground.
16 mins - Corner kick by Chile gets hacked away by the Uruguay defence.
13 mins - Haha, Uruguay player flops down in the box, looking for a penalty. Doesn't get it .
10 mins - Both sides making cautious starts.
Video up: An almost goal for Uruguay.
6 mins - Diego Martin Forlan for Uruguay has a shot, but it's off target.
3 mins - Quality ball into the box from Uruguay, but some desperate Chile defence manages to keep it out.
1 min - Alvaro Pereira for Uruguay goes down clutching his ankle. Looks like he milked that good and proper. Gives it a bit of rub, and he's up and running.
Kick off... Little bit of a hold-up. Looks like someone in the crowd are shining laser pens at the players. Stay classy, guys. After all that, Chile kick things off.
10 mins to kick off: Kia ora folks, wherever you may be from. The 40,000 seat Mendoza stadium is erupting with the kind of buzz only South American football can offer. Here come the teams...
Preview: Commentary starts at 10:00 am NZT. Until then, enjoy highlights of Bolivia’s clash with Costa Rica.
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Teams:
Uruguay:
1 Nestor Fernando Muslera, 2 Diego Lugano, 16 Victor Maximiliano Pereira, 5 Mauricio Victorino, 22 Jose Martin Caceres, 15 Diego Perez, 11 Alvaro Pereira, 17 Egidio Arevalo, 10 Diego Martin Forlan, 9 Luis Suarez, 21 Edison Cavani
Chile:
1 Claudio Andres Bravo, 5 Pablo Contreras, 3 Waldo Ponce, 18 Gonzalo Jara, 14 Matias Fernandez, 8 Arturo Vidal, 17 Gary Medel, 4 Mauricio Isla, 7 Alexis Sanchez, 9 Humberto Suazo, 15 Jean Beausejour