The soccer team of Uruguay specifies the three points that this Tuesday (12:00 p.m. / Movistar Champions League 1) will be played against the bottom team Venezuela on his return to Montevideo Centennial Stadium, almost eight months after the last match he played for the South American qualifiers of the Qatar World Cup 2022 against Paraguay (0-0).
June 3, 2021. Since that date, Uruguay played 4 home games in the Champion of the Century (Peñarol field) and in the Gran Parque Central (National); the Centennial hosted the finals of the South American Cup and the Liberators masculine; and La Celeste had relief on the bench: Diego Alonso for Oscar Washington Tabarez. Now, the selection returns home.
And it does so with the need to continue adding points on its way to Qatar and ratify the victorious path begun in Paraguay days ago (0-1), which keeps it in fifth position, with 19 points, one of Peru, fourth and his rival on the next date.
Diego Alonzo, who already debuted in Assumption with victory and added five new internationals to the national team, is officially presented at the Stadium -as the Uruguayans know the Centenary-, on a bench occupied by no other person than Tabarez since October 18, 2006.
At that time, after seven friendly matches played abroad, the ‘Maestro’ appeared in Montevideo in another non-competition duel with a landslide (4-0) over Venezuela.
Precisely, the Red wine will be the rival this Tuesday and, despite being the last in the current qualifiers, with 10 points, without options to go to Qatar, they want to continue fighting until the end.
The new coach of the Caribbean, the Argentine Joseph Pekerman, also debuted on the previous date with a victory (4-1) against bolivia, so they will try to show a good face again even if it is in the final stretch of the competition.
The greatest danger for Uruguay is Solomon Rondon, the striker of Everton. The historic goalscorer and captain of the Vinotinto team has just scored a hat-trick against bolivia and he will want to continue improving his statistics in the knockout rounds, in which he has a goal every 62 minutes and 30 seconds, the best among those who have scored more than one goal.
Opposite, the ‘Gunslinger’ Luis Suarez, which comes from an irregular season in the Atletico Madrid, was the author of solitary both against Paraguay (0-1) and will want to continue on his positive line with Celeste.
Likely lineups:
Uruguay: Serge Rochet; Ronald Araújo or Damián Suárez, José María Giménez, Diego Godín, Mathías Olivera; Facundo Pellistri, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mauro Arambarri, Federico Valverde; Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani. Coach: Diego Alonso
Venezuela: Wilker Farinez; Ronald Hernández, Jhon Chancellor, Nahuel Ferraresi, Óscar González; Jose Martinez, Tomas Rincon; Darwin Machís, Romulo Otero, Yeferson Soteldo and Salomón Rondón. Coach: Jose Nestor Pekerman
Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)
Stadium: Centennial, from Montevideo.
Time/TV: 0:00 a.m. /Movistar Champions League 1
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