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FKS World Cup Soccer Stars - Mexico 70

England Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Czech'a El Salv'r Israel Italy Mexico Morocco Peru Rumania Russia Sweden Uruguay W. Ger.

Uruguay

Uruguay played in Group B in Mexico, alongside Italy, Sweden and Israel. They defeated Israel 2-0 in their first game, then drew 0-0 with Italy. In their final game they lost 1-0 to Sweden. They qualified for the Quarter Finals on goal difference from Sweden. Italy had won the group with one goal scored and none conceded!

In the Quarter Finals Uruguay defeated Russia 1-0 in an upset. In the Semi-Final they lost 3-1 against Brazil.

Scorers: Maneiro, Mujica, Esparrago, Cubilla (only one of whom is pictured).

241. Atilio Ancheta 242. Ruben Bareņo 243. Omar Caetano 244. Walter Corbo 245. Julio Cortes 246. Luis Cubilla
247. Dagoberto Fontes 248. Pablo Forlan 249. Roberto Matosas 250. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 251. Julio Montero Castillo 252. Julio Morales
   
  253. Pedro Rocha 254. Luis Ubiņa 255. Milton Viera 256. Oscar Zubia  

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