09/09/2021 2:55 PM
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Updated 09/09/2021 21:48
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Gastón Pereiro
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in the first minute of injury gave Uruguay a 1-0 victory over Ecuador to displace Gustavo Alfaro's team and settle into third place in the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
In a very pale match in quality, Uruguay seized the three-point loot at the Campeón del Siglo stadium when
Nahitan Nández
overflowed on the right to put a floated center that Pereira headed at pleasure around the center of the area against an Ecuadorian goalkeeper Pedro Ortiz without any option.
Pereiro celebrates with Joaquín Piquerez.
His companions arrive behind.
Photo EFE / Raúl Martínez / POOL
With a second consecutive home win on a triple date, Uruguay
climbed to third place with 15 points
from nine games.
Everything was good business for the team of coach Oscar Tabárez as they faced this stretch of the qualifying rounds without their historical scorers Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani.
Ecuador fell back to the fourth rung with 13.
Gustavo Alfaro.
Photo Raul Martinez / Pool via AP
The top four from South America go directly to the World Cup in Qatar next year.
The fifth will play an intercontinental playoff.
La
Celeste
played at home in front of 15,000 fans at the Peñarol club stadium.
The maximum local stage, the Centenario, is being remodeled to play the finals of the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana at the end of the year.
AP
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