Uruguay will have to wait for the result of the National Team to know if it has a mathematical chance of advancing to the Final Phase of the qualifying tournament for Paris 2024.
Uruguay woke up with a 3-0 victory against Peru in the South American Pre-Olympic towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesafter suffering defeats in their first two presentations, and waits for the result of the match between the Argentine National Team and Chili to see if he survives.
Goals from Luciano Rodríguez, from a penalty, in the 44th minute, Santiago Homenchenko in the 46th minute and Renzo Sánchez in the 48th minute decided the victory of the team trained by Marcelo Bielsa at the Misael Delgado stadium, in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. The Uruguayan team needs Argentina and Chile to equalize this Tuesday to reach the last day of Group B, on Friday, with options to qualify for the final phase of this Under 23 tournament.
Paraguay leads the group with seven points from three games, followed by Argentina, with four from two. Uruguay, Chile and Peru add three units each, but in the event of equality between Chileans and Uruguayans, the direct duel would be decided, won 1-0 by the Australs. The Peruvians are already eliminated.
The two best in the bracket advance to the final phase, a quadrangular that will distribute the two places in the Paris Olympic Games from February 5 to 11. Brazil, in Group A, was the first to qualify for that stage. Unlike previous commitments, when it began attacking in a rush without avoiding the adverse final results, Uruguay took a while to get going.
Bielsa put together a puzzle
Bielsa had to reorganize the team due to the suspension of midfielder César Araujo due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Neither Matías Abaldo, nor Tiago Palacios, nor Juan Cruz de los Santos, in charge of generating play, had their day. Left back Valentín Rodríguez unlocked the game near the end of the first half, when he was brought down inside the area by Alessandro Burlamaqui.
Luciano Rodríguez scored with a soft touch that deceived goalkeeper Diego Romero. It was his fourth goal in this competition. The goal broke the deadlock: before half-time had yet arrived, a corner taken by Palacios was connected by Homenchenko, with a header, to widen the difference. The third and final goal came as soon as the second half began, with a powerful shot by Sánchez from outside the area.
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