URUGUAY has long struggled to live up to its football heritage, but then any country of just  three and a half million people battles against huge odds to win major competitions, especially with far noisier and more acclaimed neighbours on their doorstep. Yet two Olympic titles and two World Cups, along with 15 Copa America titles, make Uruguay football’s most successful country in terms of the number of major honours. But in the 1920s and 1930s, Uruguay was a progressive football nation and envied by many of their peers. Right up until the 1970 World Cup, they were considered to be serious contenders, reaching the semi-final in Mexico and losing to the canonised Brazilian team of Pelé, Carlos Alberto and Jairzinho. Uruguay won the…