Uruguay continued to impress in the FIFA World Cup 2010 and went on to defeat Ghana 1-1, 4-2 on penalties in the quarter-finals to lock their horns with Netherlands in the Semis.
In the quarter-finals played today, it was Ghana who drew their first blood of the match at the stroke of the half time through Sulley Muntari strike.
The South Americans was not to throw in the towel and levelled the terms in the 55th minute with Diego Forlan finding the back of the net.
Both the teams did try everything to outclass each other in the regulation time as well as in the added extra time , but neither of two were successful to net in the winner as it was left to Penalty Shoot-out to decide the winner.
Uruguay fightback gave them the much needed composure and the South Americans went on to convert four out of five spot kicks, while Ghana only managed to score twice from the spot.