Uruguay was eliminated from the 2022 Qatar World Cup in stunning fashion on Friday and perhaps no one was more gutted by the manner in which the situation played out than star striker Luis Suárez.
After getting subbed out in the 66th minute for Edinson Cavani, Suárez sat on the bench and could nothing but watch as his team closed out a 2–0 win over Ghana. However, that margin of victory proved to not be large enough as the other Group H match between South Korea and Portugal had a humongous impact on which teams advanced to the knockout round.
Despite trailing early and then holding a 1–1 tie for most of the match, South Korea’s Hwang Hee-Chan scored a heroic goal in the 91st minute to take a late lead. At that moment, South Korea and Uruguay were level at four points, but Korea held the advantage in goals scored.
