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Tonight, Uruguay and Chile face off at the Centenario Stadium, giving the lead to the qualifiers heading to Qatar 2022.
A match that has been marked for some time by a neo-rivalry that had its epicenter in the 2015 Copa América where the Red team left Celeste on the way with a goal from Mauricio Isla where Edinson Cavani was expelled for attacking Gonzalo Jara.
Yes, Diego Lugano, former captain of Uruguay, believes that this match has always had a special ingredient and that it is not just from now.
“There was always rivalry between Chile and Uruguay, I remember the final of the Copa América in 1987, brave knockout games, I’m talking about when I was a teenager, “the former Sao Paulo began saying to the Stories of Redgol’s Florete.
Lugano believes that everything also grew due to the championships won by the Chilean team, which makes them look at it differently.
“Chile raised a grade, it is a two-time champion of America, a world champion, so Chile climbed a notch and is rubbing shoulders with the greats of the continent and the rivalry increases and I think it’s good”, he says.
Along the same lines, the Uruguayan referent believes that “football is passion, it is adrenaline, it is beautiful and that rivalry, as I told you, Chile grew and rubs shoulders with the greats of the continent and the world.”
