Uruguay had their debut in the World Cup, but it was not as expected, because they could not defeat Son's team. One of the representatives of CONMEBOL in Qatar 2022 is Uruguay, which dreams of winning the third World Cup in its history, however it started with doubts, because it drew 0-0 with South Korea, in a duel where the posts denied the victory to the charrúas.
From the start the match was very tight, because they were evenly matched at the Education Stadium, although with a slight predominance of the Asians, who took risks to Rochet's goal with overflows on both sides. The Tigers' clearest chance came from Olympiacos striker Ui-Jo Hwang, who had an unmarked shot on goal, but was unable to get a clear shot away and sent it over the bar.
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Diego Alonso's side, meanwhile, came within a whisker of opening the scoring late in the opening half with a script that was as old as black thread, as Diego Godin won a corner and his header whimsically hit the post. Uruguay had Darwin Núñez as their main weapon on the left, he was the most dangerous, but he had very little company, because the game was weighing on the veteran Luis Suárez, who showed nothing and was replaced by Edinson Cavani in the 64th minute.
The Uruguayans had more of the ball and in the final part of the match they looked for the goal with crosses for the "big guys", but the Asians were very well stopped and the score could never be opened. When the teams are very close, mid-distance shots are welcome, and just as he does in Real Madrid, Federico Valverde tried a long-range shot, when the clock pointed to 89', but the ball hit the post. It was a goal.
One of the best images of the match was the pre-match chat between two Liverpool representatives. Luis Suarez advised Nunez, trying to pass on all his experience, especially after Nunez had the clearest chance for Uruguay to score against South Korea, but did not take advantage of it.
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