Never give him up for dead. Luis Suárez, just turned 35, had not achieved a single field goal in the first 14 rounds of the South American Qualifiers. But at the deadline, when to Uruguay It was urgent for him to win, the usual gunner dressed as a hero again. A qualification almost from the middle of the field of the captain Diego Godin, found him in the area in front of goal. He defined left-handed, crossed, to the farthest stick of the Paraguayan goalkeeper Anthony Silvato push the sky blue to an urgent victory.
Uruguay arrived in Asunción del Paraguay uncomfortable in the table, seventh among ten, and outside the direct places of classification for Qatar 2022. With a new coach, Diego Alonso, after 15 years of Master Tabarez at the head of the Uruguayan national team.
The histories of South Africa 2010the captain and the nine, knew that the responsibility was in their boots. Diego Godin Y Louis Suarez, once again, they had the responsibility of the protagonism and of being the leaders of the triumph. And they did not disappoint.
The assistance was from Godín. the goal of Suarez. Like before, like so many times.
The message of the new coach, diego alonso, matched the sayings and the facts. He declared that Uruguay should be the protagonist in a foreign land, and the planning of the game and the execution found a sky-blue team that always sought victory, with
high pressure, with scoring chances, against a Paraguay poor in football, and exceeded during the 90 minutes.
It was a victory with greatness of two greats: Suarez and Godin, who are older and closer to retirement, want to go out through the front door. And they left everything on the ground to fulfill their mission.
The party had other great protagonists. Fede Valverde, of Real Madridgrew from the plain, and established himself as a great figure, commanding in the middle of the field.
On the left side, Matias Oliveraof Getafe, absolute debutant with the Uruguayan team, was the great revelation of the night. He closed off the sector from him and advanced into the attack with conviction and precision.
Ronald Araujo He started, but in a position that seemed strange to him, right back. He started with complications, he saw the yellow card 20 minutes into the initial part, but he had the virtue of staying on the court, with good saves, with the warning in tow. In the last ten minutes he went to central, in line of five, when he came out felt Godin. It complied, without excessive prominence, but it complied.
In one night , Uruguay He fixed his setbacks with the standings. His victory, added to Chile’s defeat against Argentina, allowed him to sleep in fourth position, a direct qualifying place for the World Cup. He was pending Colombia- Peru, but he pulled out a wagonload of worries. He changed the air, refreshed energy, returned to victory after six games, and once again had the hero of all times: Luis Suárez.
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