The start of the South American qualifiers makes it clear that they are the most difficult route to the next World Cup. And the world champions, unbeatable Argentina, lost their unbeaten home record by falling in a repeat of the Río de la Plata Clásico. As a guest, Uruguay defeated Albiceleste 0-2.
Argentina came in with a perfect result and wanted to win to cement themselves as mavericks at the top. For their part, Marcelo Bielsa’s side had just beaten Brazil and were yearning to strike again, this time on Argentine soil where they had never been able to win.
In the first half, Uruguay made a suggestion and Darwin Núñez missed a clear chance as he missed it in a one-on-one game. Until in the 40th minute Matías Viña took the ball away from Molina, crossed and Ronald Araújo appeared on the other side to make it 0-1. Before the first half, “Cuti” Romero was close to equalizing, but Rochet prevented him.
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In the second half, Lionel Messi was close to equalizing with a free kick in the 56th minute, but the post failed. Lautaro Martínez tried a header, but the opposing goalkeeper was alert. Until the 86th minute, Darwin Núñez won in a great counterattack due to his speed and power, and this time he was able to beat “Dibu” and seal the historic away win against the current world champions.
On the other hand, Venezuela has drawn level with Ecuador in no goals and continues its positive streak in the South American qualifiers. The Venezuelans added 8 units while the Northerners collected 5 on the table.