Buenos Aires, Argentina.
surprise.s Choice Argentina lost 0-2 Uruguay In a match on the fifth day of the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament this Thursday night 2026 world cup.
Goal for Sky Blue directed by Argentinian Marcelo Bielsa they write them down Ronald Araujo (41) and Darwin Nunez (88), giving the Charuas their first victory in their entire history Argentina in World Cup qualifiers.
This way, Argentina He gave up his unbeaten record in 2023 and lost his goal-scoring invincibility. Albiceleste leads the way with 12 out of 15 possible units, followed by Uruguay with 10.
Lionel Messi regrets Argentina’s home defeat to Uruguay.
The next day, the sixth route of the World Cup, Uruguay will host Bolivia in Montevideo, and Argentina will visit Brazil At the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Uruguay visited Argentina and applied high pressure from the beginning of the game. In the 9th minute, Darwin Nunez arrived quickly and beat Nicolas Otamendi with a shot to score the first goal. That is it has barely been transferred.
The answer came just three minutes later with a shot from Lochte.
Three Uruguayan players mark Lionel Messi during the Argentina vs Uruguay match at the Candy Box Stadium.
There was tension between several players from both teams after Nicholas Gonzalez was punched in the face.
From that moment on, Lionel Messi argue with Manuel Ugarte and Matias Oliveira In the 22nd minute, he asked for the ball and sent a free kick on the edge of the penalty area, but it hit the barrier after an Inter Miami player performed it himself.
Nunez’s explosive run ended with a cross, requiring Nicolas Tagliafico to deliver a fine cross before Pellistri’s arrival.
Messi fights with Uruguayan defender Matias Oliveira.
It was a preview because in the 40th minute Matías Viña beat the right back to win the ball from Nahuel Molina and receive the cross , discovered the arrival of the ball. Ronald Araujo Cross definition beyond goalie effort Emiliano Martinez.
This goal marked the end of the Argentine national team’s unbeaten record in 2023. Until this game, the fence of the Argentine national team had not collapsed. In addition, it also ended the unbeaten state of “Dib” Martinez, whose The last goal was scored by Kylian Mbappé in the final Qatar World Cup vs France.
In the second half, the Argentina team decided to rotate the substitute lineup and introduced Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria. In the 56th minute, the Argentina team got a chance when Messi’s free kick hit the crossbar.
Ronald Araujo opened the scoring for Argentina against Uruguay.
Uruguay controlled the game and Argentina did not create danger until the 77th minute when Angel Di Maria’s cross was cleared by Lochte.
In the 87th minute, the visiting team launched a deadly counterattack, Nicolás De la Cruz quickly cleared the ball for Darwin Núñez, who passed the ball after two fake moves to seal the deal. The Sky Blue team won.
The last time Uruguay beat Argentina in regular time as a visiting team was in 1987 America’s Cup Antonio Alzamendi scored 0-1 at the “Monumental” stadium in Núñez, while the quarter-final of the same tournament in 2011 at the “Cementerio de los Elefantes” stadium in Santa Fe In the penalty shootout, the two sides tied 0-1.
data sheet:
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez – Nahuel Molina, Nicolás Tagliafico (Marcos Acuña, 80), Christian Romero, Nicolás Otamen Dee – Rodrigo De Paul (Exequiel Palacios, 64), Enzo Fernandez, Alexis McAllister (Lautaro Martinez, 46) – Julian Al Vares (Giovanni Lo) Celso, 80), Lionel Messi, Nicolas Gonzalez (Angel Di Maria, 53).
Device name: Lionel Scaloni.
Uruguay: Sergio Lochte – Sebastian Cáceres, Ronald Araujo, Matias Oliveira, Matias Viña (Josema · Jimenez, 46 years old) – Manuel Ugarte, Nicolas de la Cruz, Federico Valverde – Facundo Pellistri (Agustín Canobi Austria, 88 years old), Darwin Nunez (Federico Viñas, 90+) 1) Maximiliano Araujo (Rodrigo Bentancur, 62 years old).
Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa.
Target: 0-1, m40: Ronald Araujo. 0-2, m.87: Darwin Nunez.