Holland v Uruguay preview - Sebastian Abreu will not change spot-kick style
Sebastian Abreu(credit:
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Uruguay’s penalty shoot-out hero Sebastian Abreu will continue taking the same laid-back approach to spot-kicks he showed in netting the winning kick in their World Cup quarter-final victory over Ghana.
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The Botafogo striker audaciously chipped the ball straight down the centre to hand the South Americans a 4-2 shoot-out win after their 120 minutes at Soccer City ended 1-1.
It handed Oscar Tabarez’s team a place in the last four for the first time in 40 years and Abreu said: “For me, this is the best way to score a goal, because I always take my penalties in this way.”
“I am always one of the five kickers for Uruguay and I will continue to take my kicks in this way.”
However, the 33-year-old conceded the moment was not the best of his career, instead handing that honour to a crucial goal scored during qualifying for the finals.
“No, I don’t think this is the best moment of my career,” he said. “That moment is definitely November 18, 2009 when I scored the goal that helped us qualify for this World Cup.
“That was the most important moment for me. But I am also very proud and very happy that the entire country is supporting us.”
That goal came against Costa Rica during their play-off in Montevideo which enabled La Celeste to edge out their opponents 2-1 over the two legs.
Next up for the South Americans are Holland in the last four and Abreu, who is 10/1 with Blue Square to open the scoring against the 2/1 joint tournament favourites, admits his team-mates have been studying hard to find out more about their opponents.
“Tabarez has asked us to concentrate fully, not just in the matches, but also in training,” he said.
“He is very satisfied with our work. Holland and Uruguay play very similar football, but they have very good potential in their attack with very clever players like (Wesley) Sneijder and (Arjen) Robben.”