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By: EFE
Saturday, November 30
Uruguay's World Cup dream is far away: they fell by a landslide against Bolivia
A double by Juan Carlos ‘Conejo’ Arce and a score by the top scorer of the South American qualifiers, Marcelo Martins Moreno, on Tuesday gave Bolivia a 3-0 win over Uruguay , which complicated your chances of going to Qatar World Cup 2022 .
The group commanded by the Venezuelan César Farías was enforced at the altitude of La Paz thanks to a brilliant Maple that he scored in the minutes 29 and 74, and Martins at the edge of the end of the first half on the fourteenth day of the South American qualifiers.
The result provisionally left the Oscar Wash squad ington Tabárez in the seventh place in the standings with 16 units , one more than Bolivia, which is currently in eighth place.
The first half was relatively even, with a Green who had great difficulty reaching the goal guarded by Fernando Muslera and Celeste in a hurry, without being able to counterattack effectively. Martins and Arce were very active from the beginning together with the youthful Víctor Ábrego.
In the minute 26, Nández had the opportunity to open the scoring with a shot that was deflected to Lampe’s fortune. The long-awaited first target was the work of the luck of the ‘Rabbit’ Maple, who in the minute 29 tried a shot from the side with the apparent intention of connecting with Martins.
The shot collided with Muslera’s hand and then hit the left post of the Uruguayan goal and ended up in the back of the net. The second Bolivian conquest was the work of ‘Matador’ Martins, who was able to score his ninth goal so far in the qualifying rounds with the assistance of an inspired Arce.
Bolivia 2 of CFarias beating Uruguay 0, ending the 1st Q and asserting its location and height of La Paz with authority and making the Uruguayan claw suffer. He does not let go of the illusion of the playoffs, he needs to win as a visitor. Great work by Cesar Farias in Bolivia.
– Richard Paez Monzon (@PaezDt) November 26, 2021
In the first minutes of the second half those led by ‘El Maestro’ Tabárez showed a much more offensive game and not the attacks against Carlos Lampe’s goal ceased.
The Charruas almost equalized in the minute 57 with a center of Torres that went to the ‘Giant’ Lampe and defender José Sagredo managed to serve in a timely manner.
Three minutes later, Álvarez committed a foul against newly entered Carmelo Algarañaz and Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio took a penalty kick in favor of Bolivia.
The person in charge of executing it was Martins who kicked the ball with too much force and for above the crossbar. Those of Farías were left with ten on the court in the minute 74 when Sampaio sent off striker Algarañaz for a very hard foul on Uruguayan captain Diego Godín.
Despite the disadvantage, the locals did not give up and Arce scored the third in the minute 78 with a header after receiving a cross from Fernando Saucedo, leaving the die cast for both teams.
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