FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL

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Estadio Centenario · 55,000 att.

Match Report

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Almada golazo gives win to Messi-less Argentina in Uruguay

Argentina didn't miss Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez and other key players on Friday and beat Uruguay away 1-0 in convincing fashion in their South American World Cup qualifying match.

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Head to Head

ARG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

URU · 4-3-3

  1. 1Sergio RochetG
  2. 2José María GiménezCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 16Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 8Nahitan NándezRB
  6. 6Rodrigo BentancurCM
  7. 10Giorgian de ArrascaetaLM
  8. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Darwin NúñezF
  10. 20Maxi AraújoLF
  11. 11Facundo PellistriRF

ARG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 19Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 13Cristian RomeroCD-R
  4. 3Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 16Nahuel MolinaRB
  6. 8Enzo FernándezAM
  7. 20Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 5Leandro ParedesRM
  9. 9Julián ÁlvarezF
  10. 11Thiago AlmadaAM-L
  11. 17Giuliano SimeoneAM-R

Timeline

  1. 42' Substitution, Uruguay. Nicolás de la Cruz replaces Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
  2. 58' Substitution, Uruguay. Brian Rodríguez replaces Facundo Pellistri.
  3. 64' Nahitan Nández (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 68' Goal! Uruguay 0, Argentina 1. Thiago Almada (Argentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
  5. 69' Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás González replaces Giuliano Simeone.
  6. 72' Substitution, Uruguay. Rodrigo Aguirre replaces Federico Valverde.
  7. 72' Substitution, Uruguay. Federico Viñas replaces Darwin Núñez.
  8. 80' Substitution, Argentina. Exequiel Palacios replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  9. 86' Mathías Olivera (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 87' Substitution, Argentina. Ángel Correa replaces Thiago Almada.
  11. 87' Substitution, Argentina. Leonardo Balerdi replaces Leandro Paredes.
  12. 90'+1' Julián Alvarez (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+5' Nicolás González (Argentina) is shown the red card.

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