Can Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay stop their World Cup ...

Did Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay finally get its groove back in that second half against Saudi Arabia ?

After a thoroughly undistinguished start, they fell behind five minutes before halftime, and spent the next 40 minutes staring straight at disaster. With an exuberant Cape Verde and Spain still to come, a humiliating early exit was a real possibility.

That chance still exists, of course, but at least Uruguay came away from the 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia aware that they should have won and that they had created more than enough opportunities to seal victory.

And it has been a while since they…