Uruguay presents an estimable list of players, some very emerging youngsters and other old foxes who are expected to know how to move in the vertigo of a World Cup.
His debut in Qatar, however, came to nothing despite sending two balls to the posts.
He neither offered good play nor enjoyed a sense of timing.
Only with long balls in the first half and with a final arreón did he alter the pulse of a South Korea with good intentions, but little crumb.
The most illustrious of his elders, Luis Suárez (35 years old and all-time top scorer, with 67 goals), passed through Education City in absolute silence and with the feeling that the moment was beyond him.
Anchored up to look for space, he had no tracks throughout the afternoon and ended up relieved by another of his peers, Edinson Cavani, who didn't catch it either.
Meanwhile, the best of his youngsters, Fede Valverde, only raised his hand with a shot from his new stamp in the 89th minute. Cramped a while ago, he unleashed a right hand that ended up on the outside of the post.
With his country it is located as a more classic interior and not bordered to the right as in Madrid, but his football weighed little and he could not redeem himself with a thunder of his own.
Only the insistence on top of Darwin Núñez, a guerrilla, with less years (23) than Suárez and more armor,
stirred up the South Americans.
No one could blame him for not insisting on the job.
Uruguay soon showed that they were not around to handle the ball a lot.
The collision, the long game and the cons are more for Suárez and Núñez.
Rusticity arrived from the other side of the ocean.
It took her a quarter of an hour to weave the first real possession, and she got nowhere.
Another thing was when to start sending cross-country balls.
There yes, without qualms and sharp during a section of the first part.
Godín put it on Valverde, who broke inside and sent it up around the corner.
Followed by another from the defense towards Pellistri, which he extended and Darwin Núñez missed by a micron.
And in a corner Godín grabbed it up and stamped it on the post.
Another hit for Darwin
The lyric that Uruguay scorned is all that South Korea aspired to, a team with charms that likes to play.
He lacks that
punch
, a very Asian sin, but he dominates the rally and Uruguay didn't care about that game plan either.
In the middle they have a midfielder, Hwang In-beom, who will surely have seen many matches for Spain.
Na Sangho strikes on the right and on the left he has his best element,
Spur
Son, who appeared with a mask due to a fracture in his left eye socket and did not warm up until the second half.
The Orientals only had one until the break, but it was very clear: with goalkeeper Rochet quite sold, striker Ui-jo Hwang sent it up.
The second half was shaken, of course, with another hit from Uruguay.
Darwin Nunez received on the left, broke through his defender by sheer force, won the end line, and goalkeeper Kim Seoung Gyu pulled it out.
A quarter of an hour had passed after the break and the play began to tilt the field towards the Uruguayan side.
With Betancour and Vecino as Valverde's companions in the middle, football was not very fluid.
It was more about strength and a sense of obligation, there was no other.
Darwin tried with a cross shot that did not find a door and neither did the head of the feral Cavani.
Yes, South Korea responded with two distant attempts, especially with one from Son immediately after Valverde's post.
Even if it was only because of the final noise, the meeting took on another volume but that's where it all ended.
Another goalless draw, the fourth in the 14 games that had ended by this time on Thursday in Qatar.
Uruguay still has Portugal and Ghana left, so the tie forces them to redouble their benefits if they want to reach the round of 16, the minimum score for this historic tournament.
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Classification
Group H | PT | P.J. | PG | PE | PP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 BY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
two GHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 COR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 URU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Group H | PT | P.J. | PG | PE | PP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 BY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
two GHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 COR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 URU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |