First match after the group stage faced the winner of Group A, Uruguay and South Korea, Group B runner up.
It was a close encounter with South Korea having the initiative, but Uruguay hitting them early on, 0-1. The equaliser came quickly with an impossible to save free kick. As proved in the early stages set pieces are the new speciality of Asian teams and the score at so the half time score stood at 1-1. The start of the second half had an identical course, Uruguay's top goalscorer, Forlan took advantage of a big error in the Asian defence and gave Uruguay the lead. The final score was 2-1, despite South Korea throwing everybody up.
MoM: DIego Forlan
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