The Uruguayan team places itself in an important way in the Conmebol qualifiers after an important result in Argentina. For the first time in history, Uruguay has managed to beat Brazil and Argentina in the same qualifying round in South America. In this match, the Uruguayan team defeated Lionel Scaloni's team 0-2 with a fiery Darwin Nunez, who has just been shining with Klopp's Liverpool.
Argentina faced Uruguay in La Bombonera. On the fifth day of the 2026 Qualifiers, the Uruguayan team took a 2-0 lead with a great goal from the Uruguayan attacker, who is currently defending the Liverpool shirt. Tough defeat for Argentina, which has a match against Brazil ahead of it in just three days and three points for Uruguay, which hits the table.
After the local team was badly stopped in defense, the light blue team took advantage of a counterattack that was lethal. At 41 minutes into the second half, the Uruguayan team defined it on the counter with a very precise start. After a recovery by Rodrigo Bentancur, Nicolás de la Cruz gave a perfect pass to the Liverpool attacker, who ran several meters until he reached the Argentine area and scored before the departure of Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez.
Messi did not have the best game of all
Messi was not capable of receiving a ball with any advantage. The only chance he had was a trademark free kick from the front that touched the crossbar and went over Rochet's goal. Argentina began to leave many spaces behind and Uruguay took advantage of a loss by Messi to go on the counterattack with a pass from Nico de la Cruz that left Darwin alone to define against Draw and make the final 2-0. The Argentine striker was not able to settle down and was even involved in a fight.
