Luis Suarez was in tears as Uruguay crashed out of the World Cup despite beating Ghana on Friday evening.
The Sky Blue were in pole position to qualify for the knockout stages as soon as they took the lead against Ghana, with Portugal beating South Korea in the other group game at that point. Giorgian de Arrascaeta's brace saw Uruguay fly into a two-goal advantage at half-time, and they were cruising into the last 16.
However, South Korea mounted a remarkable comeback to turn the game on its head, with Kim Young-gwon and Hwang Hee-chan both scoring to put them into second place in the group on goals scored. The Wolves forward netted in the 92nd minute, meaning Uruguay had little time to score another to book their place in the knockout rounds.
Uruguay pushed and pushed for another goal but they were unable to get past Lawrence Ati-Zigi as Suarez's last dance at the World Cup came to an abrupt end. Portugal would top the group, having picked up six points from a possible nine, with South Korea in second, Uruguay in third and Ghana rock bottom as all four sides won at least once.
After Korea scored late on, pictures showed Suarez in tears on the big screen as he couldn't hold back his emotions in his final tournament. Whispers made their way around the stadium as they found out the Warriors were beating Portugal and Suarez was, unsurprisingly, distraught due to this potentially being his final World Cup.
The former Barcelona man appeared to storm out of his seat on the bench and onto the touchline, similar to Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016, to fire instructions to his teammates as the score filtered through. Upon the final whistle, Suarez stormed onto the pitch to surround the referee after Uruguay were denied two penalties in the second-half.
Darwin Nunez was brought down by Daniel Amartey but replays showed the Leicester City man got a slight touch on the ball, before Edinson Cavani went tumbling in the box. But the referee ignored both claims, with VAR also agreeing with the on-pitch official - to the distress of the Uruguay players and staff.
Mauricio Pochettino, Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand all felt Uruguay should've been awarded at least one penalty, however, with the Cavani shout a definite spot-kick according to the pundits. Former Tottenham boss Pochettino started: "Sure, for me it is a penalty. It was clever from him to wait for the challenge.
Shearer added: "It is a penalty. There is no anticipating what VAR is thinking." Ferdinand continued: "There is contact, it is a penalty. Normally they would send the referee to go and have a look. They could not have seen the pictures we saw."
