2014 FIFA World Cup: Italy 0 - 1 Uruguay -- Uruguay Advances, Italy Ousted

Rio de Janeiro (Tuesday, June 24) - Reported by madn3wz

Italy take on Uruguay in an important Group D match being played at Estádio das Dunas, Natal.

 Italy 0 - 1 Uruguay -- Uruguay Advances, Italy Ousted

Italy is on the brink of the exit from 2014 FIFA World Cup as Uruguay striker No. 3 Diego Godín scores first goal in the 81st minute of the match.

A draw would have been worked for Italy, but Uruguay had to win to qualify for next round and they did it.

Two minutes now remain for Italy to save their World Cup skins... They've still not created a genuine chance.

The match is over and it was all for Italian showdown in this World Cup.

Costa Rica have alreay qualified for the kock-out round after playing a goal-less draw against England. Unlucky England exit the World Cup without a win.

Uruguay's football coach Oscar Tabarez's wife hospitalized after acid attack in Montevideo

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The wife of Uruguay's football coach, Oscar Tabarez, sustained severe burn injuries after an acid attack, by some unknown persons, near her home in capital city of Montevideo.

Oscar Tabarez wife hospitalized after acid attack in Montevideo

According to details; the Silvia Martinez, 61, was walking on her way to home on Saturday afternoon when two unidentified person riding a motorbike came near her and the rear-seated person throw what police described as a "corrosive liquid" over her and vanished from the scene.

Martinez rushed back home where Tabarez called an ambulance. She was admitted to hospital with burns to 25 per cent of her body, including her face and arms.

Tabarez, who led fourth-ranked Uruguay to the World Cup semi-finals last year, informed the police about attack, but the purpose behind the attack remain mystery - though Martinez told earlier that she had been receiving death threats.

"They didn't steal anything. They threw the liquid while slowing down and then sped off," said Montevideo police spokesman Jose Luis Rondan. "They didn't shove her, or insult her, nothing."