Argentina qualify for 2010 World Cup

Argentina needed the minimum of a draw to qualify while Uruguay, a point behind, needed to win to snatch that qualifying slot. It was all or nothing clash at Montevideo, with Argentina starting the game on 25 points at fourth place in the South American qualifiers while Uruguay started on 24 points.

Argentina finished with a tally of 28 points to join Brazil, Paraguay and Chile as the four South American qualifiers.

The match began with Argentina manager Maradona under pressure having lost four games and sneaking up into fourth place in the qualifying tables thanks only to Martin Palermo's last-minute winner against Peru last weekend.

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