Uruguay left with Bittersweet Taste after Football Defeat

Uruguay disappointed but satisfied after their team lost the World Cup semifinal against the Netherlands.
Before the start of the tournament, she never dreamed too close to the Gold Cup.
Although their hopes went high and far, and people are happy for their team had something of the glory has left.
Most of the value of the fact that the Uruguay team reached the semifinals, and the view of many of the defeat on Tuesday as a victory, anyway.
"I am proud to see that Uruguay, a small country that not one of the powerhouse football team today and was able to face with dignity in the Netherlands. The players did their best and fought until the last minute to a place in the final secure, "said one fan, with a touch of melancholy.
"Just like before"
Alfredo Arnaud to 38 years), and this is the first time felt "this enthusiasm for the World Cup. "
Veronica, Silveira, and another football fan: "Although we lost, and I'm proud of my colleagues in the national team."
Those younger than 40 years) in the past world champion Uruguay, is the story I have heard many times, but did not know immediately, and the pride and enthusiasm and feelings of totally new.
As Gabriela Santos, and other young people, and makes it, in the Uruguayan Football Association and are used to suffering, or were until now.
"We were the last team to qualify for the World Cup and now we are in the best four teams, and we can not ask more than that, and we are all happy to be where we are," she says.
Uruguay won the World Cup twice: at home against Argentina in the inaugural tournament in 1930 and then in the heroic act known to the Maracanazo - against all odds - managed to get the national team of Brazil to win in the Maracana on their land in 1950.
In 1970, Uruguay has reached the semifinals in Mexico, but the times are good football almost ended on that date.
Heroes' Homecoming
Therefore, this year's ceremonies were huge even after each victory, especially after the dramatic quarter-final against Ghana.
Even after losing to the Netherlands, and many sang "Uruguay, Uruguay, wheezing horns and waving flags in downtown Montevideo, where thousands watched the match on big screens.
Will orgasm in Uruguay in the success of a football team returning home to assure it never before seen.
It is expected that hundreds of thousands of players at the airport to meet and follow up in a long parade to the parliament.
There will be received by President José Mojica, a long ladder in the open air - even thousands of people can gather and cheer.
Win last Saturday, the third place match anything Uruguay are very concerned about.
Hope is now set in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, with many of the dream already has the trophy.