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3 mins ago
Uruguay and South Korea open Group H: confirmed formations
Uruguay and South Korea open Group H of the World Cup in Qatar this Thursday, in the second game of the day that will end the first date of the tournament.
La Celeste, two-time world champion, seeks to start off on the right foot against the Asians, regulars at the World Cups.
These are the confirmed formations.
11 minutes ago
7 historical matches of Uruguay in the Soccer World Cups
In 1950, Uruguay's victory over Brazil in its own territory was a feat of such magnitude that it earned its own name: Maracanazo.
It is probably the most illustrious game of the Celeste, but not the only one that went down in history.
See a review of the World Cup matches that were etched in the memory of a country passionate about soccer in this note.
7 mins ago
What time does the game start and how to watch it on television and the internet
Uruguayan fans walk the streets with flags and scarves ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Souq Waqif on November 17, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
(Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
The Qatar 2022 World Cup follows suit.
This Thursday, four games will be played in which the teams from groups G and H will debut.
One of those four games is Uruguay against South Korea, from group H (which also includes Portugal and Ghana, who will meet on the same date).
Complete calendar of the World Cup in Qatar 2022: matches, times and dates
The South Korean team will seek a better participation than in the World Cup in Russia, when it was eliminated in the group stage.
See all the information about the match here.
16 mins ago
The history of Uruguay in the World Cups
Juan Alberto Schiaffino kicks at Brazil's goal on July 16, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro.
(Credit: AFP/ Getty Images) (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Uruguay is preparing to debut in the World Cup in Qatar this Thursday against South Korea, in a match that will open Group H.
Uruguay won the World Cup twice: in 1930 and in 1950, the year of the
maracanazo
.
However, La Celeste has four stars because the country claims two more competitions.
See the history of Uruguay in the World Cups here.
18 minutes ago
All the data of the Uruguayan squad before the debut in the World Cup
The Uruguayan team will play its first World Cup match in Qatar against South Korea this Thursday, at the start of Group H.
La celeste arrives at the World Cup with a team that combines stars of the stature and experience of Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani, who could be playing their last World Cup in Qatar after more than a decade with the national team, with youngsters in the best moments of his career as Federico Valverde and Darwin Núñez.
Compared to previous World Cups, "the team has changed. It has lost offensive potential, but it has gained in the constructive quality of football, so one can say that it is balanced," the journalist recently explained in an interview with CNN en Español Ricardo Piñeyrúa, who believes that Uruguay has the potential to have a good campaign in Qatar.
From a team that stands out for its offense, it has now gone on to one with more striking figures in the midfield, with players who "are located in a sector of the field where Uruguay usually did not have the football quality it has now," Piñeyrúa remarked.
Look at all the data of the Uruguayan squad here.
20 minutes ago
All the numbers of Luis Suárez with Uruguay: the "Pistolero" plays his fourth World Cup
Luis Suárez, considered one of the best forwards today, could play his last World Cup in Qatar.
Suárez debuted in the senior team in 2007, in a match against Colombia.
Since then he has played 134 games with the sky blue, according to the statistics of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
The vast majority were wins: 64, against 39 draws and 30 losses.
Suárez has participated in three World Cups with the national team: 2010, 2014 and 2018. Uruguay's best performance in this triad was in South Africa 2010, when they reached fourth place after defeating Ghana in the quarterfinals, a game in which Suárez was the protagonist for stopping a ball with his hand that earned him the expulsion but "saved" Uruguay and helped him win the tiebreaker on penalties to go to the semifinals.
Look at all Suárez's numbers in this note.
23 minutes ago
What is Uruguay's "garra charrúa" and why is the national team shirt light blue?
It seems that all is lost.
There are only a few minutes left before the game ends and the score is against.
The players are exhausted.
But they don't give up.
The "charrúa claw" comes out on the field and they fight with all their might until the referee whistles.
They manage to reverse the result and there is no doubt for anyone watching that they did not give 100%.
The Uruguayans gave 110%.
The "charrúa claw" is a concept that possibly every Uruguayan understands, although they may not be able to explain it.
There are multiple ways to define it.
Alfredo Etchandy, former Undersecretary of Sport, said that "it is something more than what can be given, it is a 'plus' that Uruguayan soccer players have" thanks to which "they achieved victories that seemed impossible."
For the renowned historian Gerardo Caetano, it is a "psychic factor to overcome adverse moments."
The 'claw' is the force, the push.
But why 'charrúa'?
The Charrúas were one of the indigenous groups that inhabited the territory of what is now Uruguay before the formation of the State.
Today there are few traces of the Charrúas, since since the territory was a Spanish colony, multiple military campaigns were carried out to exterminate groups that, in the vision of the dominant power, disturbed stability.
(In fact, in 1831, a year after Uruguay swore its first Constitution, one of the most remembered extermination campaigns was carried out in which the then president summoned the caciques to a stream and ambushed them, killing the men and taking women and children prisoner).
See the full note here.
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