The ARGENTINE SELECTIONwhich suffered the absence of several figures such as Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez and Rodrigo de Paulhe won Uruguay 1-0 for the South American qualifiers and is practically classified to World Cup 2026.
The author of the only goal of the match, which took place at the Centennial Stadium, was the striker Thiago Almada With a tremendous auction from outside the area at 23 minutes of the second half.
During the first half there was a lot of prominence by the “Charrúa” team, which has as a technical director Marcelo Bielsawhich was made with the possession of the ball at all times, although it lacked clarity in the last third of the court.
The Argentine National Team, meanwhile, expected well planted in its own field to counterattack with the aim of surprising Uruguayan players in case they left some space on the defensive line.
The clearest of the first half, which ended without goals, was through Giuliano Simeone, who released a great shot almost without angle although Uruguayan goalkeeper Sergio Rochet wore a great stop.
Already in the second half there was a much better version of the “scaloneta”, which from the first minute came out in search of taking prominence.
This is how it began to have increasingly clear situations until At 23 minutes Almada scored the only goal of the game with a tremendous shot from the outside of the area that stuck at the angle.
From there, Uruguay began to desperately search the goal, but the Argentine defense formed by Nicolás Tagliafico, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi and Nahuel Molina was very firm at all times.
The only bad news for the National Team was the expulsion of Nicolás González at 50 minutes of the second half for a kick to Nahitan Nández, so the game will be lost with Brazil.
This triumph allowed Argentina to stay comfortable in the first position of the South American Qualifiers with 28 points and will need to add only one more to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, while Uruguay fell to fourth place with 20 units.
The next match of the Argentine National Team will be next Tuesday, when it receives Brazil at 9 pm at the Monumental Stadium.
Uruguay vs Argentina synthesis by qualifiers
Source: Ambito
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