Cuba visited underdog Antigua and Barbuda in the last of the twelve Round Two matchups in North America, but Cuba knew better than to overlook their opponents considering what Bermuda had done to Trinidad and Tobago the day before. The Antiguans pulled out to a 1-0 lead within ten minutes, only to see it disappear the very next minute. The Antiguans grabbed a quick second goal as well, only to see the 2-1 lead disappear as soon as it came. The score was 2-2 at the half. Cuba took a 3-2 in the second half on to be equalized themselves by an Antiguan response. The Cubans grabbed a 4-3 win with a strike five minutes from the end of the game and gladly will return to Cuba with a lead in the aggregate and a handful of road goals.Perú faced Uruguay in Montevideo hoping to take away points like Venezuela had done in the previous qualifier in Montevideo. Uruguay was having absolutely none of it on this winter night, however. Diego Forlán scored the first three goals for Uruguay, two in the first period and one in the second. Before his second goal, José Guerrero protested the ruling of a penalty a bit too loudly and was sent off for a second yellow, leaving his fellow Peruvians short-handed and hopeless. Uruguay would roll to a 6-0 and currently sit in fifth place in South American qualifying pending the results of the other four games.
Goal scorers:
Cuba: Valencia 10, 74; Colomé 22; Duarte 85
Antigua and Barbuda: Skepple 9, 13; Simon 80
Uruguay: Forlán 8, 37 PK, 56; Bueno 61, 69; Abreu 90
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