Uruguay vs. Canada (2-0) by AUFTV, VTV, TCC, DirecTV, Claro and Fútbol Libre: chronicle, goals and summary of the international friendly match of Date FIFA 2022 | FOOTBALL-INTERNATIONAL

Posted On: September 27, 2022

Uruguay beat 2-0 for Canada in their last friendly match in preparation for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The team recovered from last Friday’s loss to Iran and left a good feeling. The national team played an excellent first half, then in the complementarity, they took the advantage. Nicolás De la Cruz opened the scoring (6′) with a superb goal from a free kick then Darwin Núñez scored the second with a header 33′ into the game.

Likewise, the game served Diego Alonso to take notes in defense, since he could not count on Diego Godín, Josema Giménez, Sebastián Coates or Ronald Araujo, all of them in health care.

Already in the first half, Uruguay took an early lead against Canada, thanks to a superb goal from Nicolás De la Cruz. The national team midfielder takes a free kick at the edge of the area, after a foul on Agustín Canobbio, and grabs the ball for a corner (6′).

With the calm of the goal, the ‘Celeste’ started to manage the ball and relied on Canobbio’s speed and De la Cruz’s one-on-one to break the lines and look for the attackers. Around 25′, De la Cruz almost got away with another fine goal. After getting rid of an opponent, he saw the forward keeper and tried from midfield, but the ball went overhead in the goal.

Two minutes later, Darwin Núñez had his first chance to score with a powerful volley that went over the horizontal; but at 33′ he found his revenge and didn’t waste it: a perfect cross from Luis Suárez and a better header from Artiguense to make it 2-0.

Uruguay continued to offer and take advantage of the spaces that the Canadian team left them, mainly in the middle of the field. De la Cruz played his way and Federico Valverde and Rodrigo Bentancur set the pace.

For the complement, Alonso sent Giorgian De Arrascaeta on the field in place of the gunslinger and changed his tactical scheme: he went from a 4-4-2 to a 4-2-3-1.

Canada tried to tilt the pitch to reduce the differences, but on the few times they could clearly walk the box, they found a confident Sergio Rochet who responded without inconvenience.

Uruguay didn’t have the intensity of the first half, also a product of the logical fatigue of some players, but even so they had space to increase the score. In the last half hour, the “Tornado” had the pleasure of changing players and trying new alternatives, such as the case of Martín Satriano, who made his absolute debut in the major. He also added Matías Viña as a third defender, to continue drawing conclusions amid the defense’s health problems, and tried with a line of 5. It was the third tactical system that the DT used in the match .

Lineups of Uruguay vs. Canada

Uruguay: Serge Rochet; Guillermo Varela, Martín Cáceres, Sebastián Cáceres, Mathías Olivera; Rodrigo Bentancur, Federico Valverde, Agustin Canobbio, Nicolás De La Cruz; Luis Suárez (From Arrascaeta, 46 ‘), Darwin Núñez. DT: Diego Alonso.

Canada: Milan Borjan; Alistair Johnston, Scott Kennedy, Kamal Miller; Stephen Eustaquio, Samuel Piette, Richie Laryea (Hoilett, 46′), Sam Adekugbe; Cyle Larin and Jonathan David. DT: John Herdman.

Canada’s implications c. Uruguay

The preview of Canada vs. Uruguay

After the victory against the host country of the World Cup, Canada coach John Herdman praised his team “The first 20 minutes were maybe the best minutes of the game because we really dominated Qatar”began his speech at a press conference.

“The pitch was good, tactically we were good, we are completely focused on one point, the brotherhood we have, connectivity and individual quality is important. We know the quality of Alphonso (Davies) and Johnny (Jonathan David), but there is also Cyle Larin.”he added.

In the same way, he praised his leaders. “All players playing around Davies and Johnny, Alistair Johnston (right back) was brilliant tonight, Stephen Eustáquio (key in midfield) again. We had plenty of chances in the second half and we wanted to see no more goals, but keeping a clean sheet away and on our first away trip in four years, we’re very happy.” mentioned.

Canada vs. Uruguay: Schedules

Peru: 11 a.m.
Mexico: 11:00 a.m.
Colombia: 11:00 a.m.
Ecuador: 11:00 a.m.
Argentina: 1 p.m.
Uruguay: 1:00 p.m.
Chile: 1:00 p.m.

For his part, Diego Alonso lost his unbeaten record as technical director of Uruguay by losing to Iran last Friday. The South American cast had goalscoring options, but the Asian team was more efficient and won with a goal from Taremi.

His preparation continues and this time against Canada. Regarding this match, the confirmed victim is Ronald Araújo, who made sense in the first minutes.

After a rigorous analysis, it was confirmed on Monday that the footballer had been diagnosed with “Avulsion of the adductor longus tendon of the right thigh” and this Monday, we knew that he had made the decision to have surgery: he could stay out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup due to the estimated recovery time.

As reported sports world, the courageous defender made the decision after a meeting with Xavi Hernández, with his coaching staff and the doctors of the ‘Azulgranas’. The Spanish club’s recommendation was to undergo surgery, given that there was a negative history with Samuel Umtiti and Ansu Fati, who did not undergo surgery.

Finally, after listening to the options, Ronald Araújo decided to undergo surgery, with the peace of mind that he would be in optimal conditions for the future, but with the risk of not attending the World Cup with Uruguay. According to estimates, the recovery period could be 10 to 12 weeks.

Canada vs. Uruguay: Channels

It is important to mention that the friendly match between Canada and Uruguay for the FIFA date will be broadcast exclusively by Claro, DirecTV Sports, TCC, VTV and AUFTV.