Rodrigo Bentancur, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Edinson Cavani and Luis Suárez (penalty) converted for the “Celeste” national team, who obtained their second consecutive victory with Diego Alonso as coach, since the debut last Thursday in the 1-0 against Paraguay in Asunción .
For José Pekerman’s Venezuela, attacker Josef Martínez discounted.
Uruguay reached 22 points to continue expectantly in the top positions, while Venezuela closes the position table with 10.
Alonso’s team, dominant from start to finish, came out determined for victory. Before the minute of the game he generated the first shout of the night through Bentancur’s shot, from the door of the area.
With possession of the ball, Uruguay went for more and reached the second goal with De Arrascaeta. The overflow and dribbling to the right of the youthful Facundo Pellistri turned into a great assist.
Venezuela, which came from beating Bolivia 4-1 in Barinas in Pekerman’s debut, seemed disconnected before the Uruguayan pressure with Bentancur, Valverde and De Arrascaeta as axes.
Rómulo Otero, Yeferson Soteldo and striker Salomón Rondón had no action and their only arrival consisted of a mid-range attempt by Otero that Sergio Rochet contained in two halves.
At the close of the first half, Cavani, with a Chilean half as the only option after having gone too far, completed the third for the widespread celebration at the Centennial.
Uruguay stretched the advantage with Suárez’s penalty, who is the tournament’s all-time top scorer with 28, one more than Rosario star Lionel Messi (27).
In the previous play there was an infraction against Pellistri that deserved the VAR review. The Uruguayan striker’s shot was deflected by Fariñez, but the VAR appeared again due to field invasion and Suárez did not fail.
La Vinotinto reached the discount due to an error by José María Giménez, who fell short in the pass to Rochet and led to the goal of the admitted Martínez.
The “Celeste” could have increased the score, but Fariñez prevented it against Darwin Núñez and De Arrascaeta.
Uruguay will define its passage to Qatar 2022 next March, during the last double round of the South American Qualifiers when it faces Peru, as a local, and Chile, as a visitor. The last commitments of Venezuela will be against Argentina and Colombia.
Source: Ambito
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