Uruguay 1–Jordan 0
Although Uruguayan keeper Mauro Goicoechea's gaffe in their opener against Spain wasn't on par with Zinedine Zidane's infamous head butt at last year's World Cup, his mishandling of a shot by Spain's Diego Capel cost his team two crucial points.
That play weighed heavily on the goalkeeper as he walked past the media without saying a word after the game.
But that was in the past, and going into action against Jordan on Wednesday, Goicoechea had a chance to make amends.
The game started off in similar fashion to the game against Spain when Uruguayan captain and talented forward Edinson Cavani beat Jordan goalkeeper Hamad Al Asmar in the 40th minute.
For the rest of the game, Goicoechea would stand his ground, especially in the second half, to seal the deal for his team. Key stops, including a diving save off Raed Fraeh and a finger-tip save off a shot from Abdallah Salim, helped preserve the shutout for The Celestes.
Afterwards, coach Gustavo Ferrin was singing the praises of his goalkeeper especially with the way he battled back from the previous game.
"Our goalkeeper is a very great goalkeeper, any player can have any kind of nerves," said Ferrin.
Edinson Cavani scored his second goal in as many games and it was a crucial one said Uruguay's team captain.
"We practice a lot for this situation," said Cavani.
"We scored the goal and thank goodness for Uruguay we scored."
Spain 2–Zambia 1
A generally entertaining game degenerated into a series of dives in the second half.
Spain, coming off a high from their come-from-behind tie with Uruguay, managed to build a 2-0 lead in the first half on the strength of a penalty kick from Mario Suarez in the 30th minute and a goal from Juan Manuel Mata who converted a Diego Capel cross.
The energy seemed to be sucked out of the crowd in the second half until Zambia cut into Spain's lead when William Njobvu scored in the 74th minute. The goal seemed to give Zambia a shot of adrenaline and they pressured Spain for the tying goal with a number of good opportunities.
Canadian fans love a hard working crew and the effort being put in by Zambia wasn't lost on the crowd who helped drown out the Spanish fans by joining in with the Zambian fans' chanting.
"Maybe they didn't expect us to play the way we played," commented Zambia coach George Lwandamina after the game.
As hard as Zambia tried they couldn't put another one past Spanish goalkeeper Adan.
At the post-game press conference Lwandamina talked about how the late goal gave his team a boost.
"The boys realized they were losing so they had to push the tempo up so that maybe they could equalize and possibly win the match," he said.
"But unfortunately time was not with us."
Spain's coach Gines Melendez also saw that Zambia had a better second half and thought that his team was struggling.
"In the last 20 minutes we had some difficulties, we suffered a little bit because we were a bit tired," he explained.
"Zambia came out very strong and played a magnificent game."
Group B wraps up on Saturday as Spain plays Jordan in Burnaby, while Zambia takes the ferry to Victoria to face Uruguay.
Spain and Uruguay are in control of the group as most pundits had predicted. Zambia and Jordan still have a shot at one of the top two places in the group, but they'd have to win their final group stage match. They can also expect the Spaniards and Uruguayans to adopt a more conservative approach as they try and guarantee at least a draw.
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