Uruguay: Godin dreams of Cup glory

Chile's forward Alexis Sanchez (C) argues with Uruguay's midfielder Cristian Rodriguez (R) next to Uruguay's defender Diego Godin during their 2015 Copa America football championship quarterfinal match against Uruguay. [Photo/AFP]

Diego Godin has revealed he cannot stop thinking about the World Cup and expressed his desire to become the first Uruguayan in 68 years to lift the Trophy.

Jules Rimet handed it to Obdulio Varela – albeit in bizarre circumstances – at the Maracana in 1950, and though La Celeste reached the semi-finals on three occasions thereafter, they have never gone further, losing to Hungary in 1954, Brazil in 1970, and the Netherlands in 2010.

Eight teams have shorter odds of winning Russia 2018 than Uruguay, but that does not stop the Atletico Madrid centre-back from dreaming big.