Uruguay make Gyan and Ghana pay the penalty

The South Americans will now play Holland for the chance to reach the final in this stadium, leaving Ghana to go home with Brazil. They can say they have gone further than any other African team in this competition, previous quarter-finalists Cameroon and Senegal having not made it to penalties, but that will be scant consolation for Ghana with the entire continent rooting for them. Especially as Kevin-Prince Boateng missed a close-range header right at the end of the game, before in an unbelievably frantic finale Luis Surez was dismissed for handling Dominic Adiyiah's header on the line and Asamoah Gyan struck the bar with the penalty with the last kick of the match.