Uruguay seal final ticket to Brazil

 Uruguay sealed their spot at the 2014 World Cup finals after a goalless draw at home to Jordan in the second leg of their intercontinental playoff on Wednesday saw them advance 5-0 on aggregate.

Uruguay, the last of the 32 teams to book their place at the finals in Brazil, had all but secured their berth with a crushing 5-0 victory in the first leg in Amman last week.

"We're all happy because the truth is it's been a hard road," striker Edinson Cavani told reporters after Uruguay's 18th match of the qualifying campaign.  Left back Martin Caceres suggested that winning the first leg by such a big margin had made it harder to concentrate in the second.

Despite needing to score at least five to have any hope of overturning the deficit, Jordan defended deep and in numbers on Wednesday, denying the South Americans scoring chances and making sure there would be no repeat of the 5-0 mauling. 

The closest the home side came to scoring was when Diego Godin headed against the bar just before halftime.