ALL POSTS TAGGED "Uruguay"

Leagues: EPL
/ 15 days agoDarwin Núñez at Liverpool: Unable to finish, or wildly unlucky?
Darwin Núñez arrived at Liverpool in the 2022 summer window from Benfica. His previous stint in Portugal was fruitful; he scored 34 goals in 40 total appearances. The game that caught the attention of many soccer fans and mainstream news outlets was Benfica vs. Barcelona, where Núñez netted a brace to triumph over a catastrophic […]

Argentina
/ 48 days agoSouth America submits joint bid for 2030 World Cup
Focused on the 100-year anniversary of the inaugural World Cup, four nations in South America officially submitted a bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Those countries are Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The first three from that list have all hosted at least one World Cup in the past. Uruguay's inclusion in the list […]

Edinson Cavani
/ 59 days agoFIFA ban Uruguay players after World Cup referee scuffle
FIFA has finally handed out bans to four Uruguay players for an incident at the World Cup. Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez have both been handed four-match bans. Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were, on the other hand, issued a one-match suspension. The quartet was hit with the bans following their involvement in a […]

Uruguay
/ 115 days agoVAR fails Uruguay after late penalty appeal dismissed
Uruguay left it late to join the party in Qatar, producing its only noteworthy performance in the final group game. On the back of the miserable loss against Portugal, Diego Alonso ditched his oversized hipster white trainers and three man defense. In its place, he opted for an old fashioned pair of formal brown leather […]

Ghana
/ 116 days agoSouth Korea qualifies for knockout round in frantic finish
Group H of the 2022 World Cup finished in a frenetic way, as South Korea advanced to the knockout round. Entering matchday three, Portugal was the only team in the group guaranteed qualification to the knockout round. South Korea, despite entering the game against the Portuguese with just one point, ultimately grabbed the second spot […]

Ghana
/ 117 days agoLuis Suarez refuses to apologize for infamous handball
Uruguay star Luis Suarez has refused to apologize for his handball incident at the 2010 World Cup. The striker blatantly blocked a goal-bound ball with his arms in the final stages of a quarterfinal matchup against Ghana. Suarez was sent off for the deliberate handball incident. However, Asamoah Gyan missed the penalty that would have […]

Portugal
/ 119 days agoPortugal-Uruguay penalty decision ends in controversy
The Portugal-Uruguay penalty controversy was one of many talking points out of Monday's World Cup game, but there were other issues for Uruguay to worry about. No width and no wits. That pretty much sums up Uruguay's performance against Portugal in the first 60 minutes. Despite the security of an experienced three man central defense […]

Uruguay
/ 124 days agoUruguay fails to inspire against South Korea
It was not a great match. Uruguay and South Korea locked horns for Group H's first match, and it was a dull affair. Well done if you managed to sit through it all. Uruguay lined up with a strong midfield of Matias Vecino, Rodrigo Bentancur and Federico Valverde but lacked pace and width. Starting Martin […]

Uruguay
/ 258 days agoUruguay rife with talent, pedigree ahead of 2022 World Cup
Historically, soccer fans overlook Uruguay more than any other nation in regards to the World Cup. 'La Celeste' is the original master of the beautiful game. Uruguay pioneered success on the world's stage for generations. 'The Sky Blues' hold the coveted feat of winning the first World Cup in 1930. It repeated that glory upon […]

Leagues: EPL
/ 284 days agoHow Darwin Núñez fits into an already-loaded Liverpool team
Darwin Núñez enters a Liverpool squad that was one game away from completing an illustrious quadruple. In the end, the Reds won the two lesser trophies of that set, the FA Cup and the League Cup. It lost the Premier League on the final day and got shutout in the Champions League Final. Goal-scoring was […]

Uruguay
/ 296 days agoUSA-Uruguay preview: USMNT youth face Uruguayan stars
The final series of home games prior to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar got off to a flying start for the US as they were resounding 3-0 winners against a Morocco team that will also be in Qatar this November. It saw Brendan Aaronson open the scoring, Tim Weah get back into form, and […]