Uruguay vs Argentina, 5 Talking Points; FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

#2. Oscar Tabarez is still one of the world's best purveyors of defensive-minded football

Diego Godin was immense as Tabarez's side put in another defensive masterclass

Oscar Tabarez has now been in charge of his nation's football team for 11 years, a period in which he has managed them 144 times in international competition. The one thing those 11 years and 144 games have had in common is that across that time Uruguay have been an insanely tough side to beat.

Having spent a decade to mould the team in his image, Uruguay are arguably the best defensive-minded national side on the planet - tough to beat, committed to the cause (regardless of reputation or ego - the way Suarez and Cavani put in a shift should be a lesson for footballers all over) and next to impossible to fluster. Going into the match they were sitting pretty in the third position in the CONMEBOL table for WC qualification and needed a point against today's opposition to book their ticket to Russia - a point they duly went on to get.

They may not set many imaginations on fire - and they may bore the living daylights out of the neutral, and the opposition, - but they sure as hell know how to get the job done; and Oscar Tabarez deserves all the credit for that.