Soccer-Uruguay exit World Cup with 'bad taste in our mouth' - coach

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group H - Ghana v Uruguay - Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar - December 2, 2022 Referee Daniel Siebert with Uruguay's Luis Suarez REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

AL WAKRAH, Qatar (Reuters) - Uruguay's bitterly disappointed manager and players blamed penalty decisions against them for their exit from the World Cup on Friday after they beat Ghana 2-0 but were pipped to a last 16 spot by South Korea due to an inferior number of goals scored.

Uruguay finished Group H on four points, the same as South Korea, and would have qualified on the next deciding criteria of goal difference had they conceded one goal less or scored one goal more during their three games in Qatar.