Jonathan Wilson: Uruguay makes South American statement in demolishing Jordan

[Jonathan Wilson]

AMMAN, Jordan -- It was a good 10 minutes after the final whistle had blown that Uruguay's players, having celebrated in front of their fans, finally left the pitch. They were applauded off by the few thousand Jordanian fans who had remained, a sporting gesture but one that seemed rather to sum up the gulf between the sides. Before the game, a number of Jordan's fans had insisted that Kalil Baniateyah and Ahmed Ibrahim would outshine Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, but the sense had been that mainly they were excited to have players of that stature playing in their country.

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