Uruguay 2-1 CHile: result, chronicle and statistics date 1 eliminatory – International Football – Sports

Maximiliano Gomez saved Uruguay’s furniture in the 93rd minute after scoring 2-1 that gave Celeste the victory over Chile at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, in a game that was played behind closed doors by the covid-19 pandemic, at the start of the South American qualifiers to the 2022 World Cup.

La Celeste went ahead with a penalty that Luis Suarez he scored a goal in the 39th minute, in the first VAR decision in the South American qualifiers, for the partial 1-0.

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With that goal, ‘el Pistolero’ reached 22 and surpassed, for the moment, the Argentine Lionel messi (21) as the top scorer in the history of the South American qualifiers.

But Chile was not daunted and equalized through Alexis Sanchez in minute 54, with a shot that entered the lower left corner, after receiving a good assist from Charles Aránguiz.

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When everyone thought that La Roja took a point, it reached 93 minutes’Maxi ‘Gomez, of the Spanish Valencia, and with a powerful shot in front of the door embittered the debut in the qualifying rounds with Chile of the Colombian coach Reinaldo Rueda.

EFE