Uruguay have booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup following a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out success over Ghana.
Sebastian Abreu scored the match-winning penalty with a cheeky chip to capitalise on misses from John Mensah and young substitute Dominic Adiyiah after the score finished 1-1 after extra-time.
Sulley Muntari opened the scoring with a superb long-range effort, although Diego Forlan's fine second-half free-kick levelled matters to ensure the game went into extra-time.
Ghana should have settled the contest with the last kick of the game but Asamoah Gyan missed the chance to become the hero of a nation when his powerful penalty struck the crossbar.
Adiyiah's goal-bound header looked certain to win the match in the last minute of extra-time but Luis Suarez handled on the line to concede a penalty resulting in a straight red card, an act that he will feel was justified as Uruguay won in the shoot-out following Gyan's crucial miss.
Uruguay held their nerve in the shoot-out with Abreu slotting home the South Americans' last penalty to set up a clash with Holland, who upset Brazil earlier on Friday, in the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa.
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