On the morning of February 2, Beijing time, a qualifier in the 16th round of the World Cup South American region, Uruguay faced Venezuela at home. As a result, after 90 minutes, Uruguay relied on goals from Bentancourt, de Alaskaeta, Cavani and Suarez to send their opponents out 4-1.
Before this match, Uruguay were squeezed to 6th place in the division, and they were eager to get back to the top 4 with 3 points. On the Venezuelan side, they were nine points behind fifth-placed Chile before the game, and with the remaining three rounds of matches, if they fail to win this game, it will really mean to get out of the World Cup qualifiers.
It is clear that the mighty Uruguay will not give its opponents the opportunity to fantasize about miracles. After winning the last round against Paraguay, Uruguay's current chances of qualifying are quite promising. Considering that their opponents in the last 2 rounds did not have Brazil and Argentina, they firmly took the initiative into their own hands.
In the starting squad, Uruguay sent a twin star duo of Suarez and Cavani. In this qualifier journey, Uruguay's most reliable attack point is the two veterans over 34 years old.
Just one minute into the game, Uruguay quickly took the lead. A cross from the right, Venezuela not far from the siege, just transferred to Tottenham Bentancour shot hard, helping Uruguay to break the deadlock first. In the 22nd minute, Youngster Perristri, who came on loan from Manchester United to Alaves, staged a solo show in the penalty area, and he broke through with a dragon to assist teammate Alaskaeta to score.
Before half-time, Uruguay extended their lead again. The home team was in chaos after sending the ball into the Venezuelan penalty area, and finally Cavani barbed to help the team extend the score to 3-0, and the game basically lost suspense.
Just back in the second half, youngster Perristri helped Uruguay to a penalty. Faced with a chance to take the penalty, Su Ya's shot was saved by the opponent. But thanks to venezuelan players entering the field early, Suarez was given a second chance to take the penalty. In the end, Su Ya did not waste penalties and successfully scored, and his personal South American World Preliminary Round scored 28 goals, surpassing Messi to lead alone.
In the following time, Cavani made a solo show with a stop-and-shoot, but unfortunately his shot was judged to be offside, and the player missed the opportunity to score twice. In the 62nd minute, the Uruguayan back line made a mistake, and Joseph jiangong won back a city, but there was no way to change the final result.
In the end, Uruguay beat Venezuela 4-1 at home, scoring three points and rising to 4th place in the table. After this match, the fate of the four South American teams was rewritten, Uruguay returned to the direct promotion zone, Peru slid 5th to the play-off zone, Chile was once again squeezed out of the promotion zone, and Venezuela was directly eliminated. For Uruguay's core Suarez, he scored in two consecutive rounds of qualifiers, and after this game, he also won the title of Top Scorer in the South American Qualifiers.