At 7:00 a.m. Beijing time on November 13, the 13th round of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers in South America began, and the two-time World Cup winner Uruguay faced Argentina at home, resulting in Argentina winning 1-0 away with Di Maria's goal in the opening 7 minutes, Uruguay suffered 3 consecutive wins, fell out of the promotion zone, and the qualification encountered a crisis. Messi came off the bench in the game.
Uruguay's 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the first 12 games have accumulated 16 points, and the points are equal to chile and Colombia, which have one more match, but in terms of goal difference, Uruguay is 4 less than Chile and 2 less than Colombia, so it is only 6th and is squeezed out of the promotion zone. Argentina, on the other hand, is unbeaten with 7 wins and 4 draws, and ranks 2nd with 25 points in the case of two rounds of the minor rounds, which is not far from qualifying. The two teams met in the first leg a month ago, uruguay were bloodied by Argentina with three goals.
Let's start with Uruguay, with Muslera guarding the gates, a four-back combination of Gimenez, Godin, Morella and Cáceres in the backline, with Brian Rodriguez, Nandes, Bentancour, Besino and Torreira in midfield, with Suarez as a single striker. Argentina also lined up in a 4-5-1 formation, with Damian Martinez in charge of the goal and four defenders being Molina, Christian Romero, Otamendi and Acuña. The midfielders are Lo Celso, Dybala, Di Maria, De Paul and Guido Rodriguez, with Lautaro Martinez as a single striker. Messi sits on the bench.
At the beginning of the game, Uruguay because of two consecutive defeats, the situation of qualifying was very critical, the opening of the Argentine goal to attack, but in the 7th minute, Argentina advanced the team, Dybala broke through with the ball and assisted Di Maria's first goal, Argentina made a fantastic start. In the 31st minute, Suarez's shot from the edge of the penalty area hit the upright and was followed up with a follow-up shot that deflected off the post.
In the second half, Uruguay continued to storm the argentine team's goal, Argentina replaced Dybala and Di Maria successively, Messi came on as a substitute in the 75th minute of the second half, but did not score, and the national team's goal count remained at 80 goals, 3 goals ahead of the king Pele. In the end, Argentina withstood Uruguay's attack and won 1-0. Argentina will play Brazil at home in the next round. Messi won the Copa America this summer and performed well in La Liga last season, far ahead of other players in this year's Ballon d'Or odds, and it's only a matter of time before he wins his 7th Ballon d'Or. In this way, Messi's Ballon d'Or will have 2 more than Ronaldo' awards.
With the victory of this match, Argentina scored 28 points to lead The Fifth-place Colombia by 12 points in one less round, and can advance early in the next round as soon as possible. Uruguay, on the other hand, fell out of the promotion zone, the situation of qualifying was precarious, and the position of the old coach Tavares was in danger.