Uruguay draws 0-0 against South Korea in Qatar 2022

The football team of Uruguay they failed to break South Korea’s resistance and could not get past a goalless draw on Thursday in their debut in Group H of the World Cup in Qatar, in a game in which they scored twice on the posts.

In a game played in front of 40,000 fans, Corea He proposed from the beginning a game of high pressure that prevented Uruguay from handling the ball comfortably and made the game lackluster.

The Uruguayans found spaces in two quick starts after recovering the ball in their half that striker Darwin Núñez could not take advantage of.

After these two oversights, Korea fell back on the field and Uruguay managed to control the ball at times, with which the match was balanced and the teams distributed the approaches to the goals.

Korea missed a good chance to open the scoring in the 33rd minute when Hwang Ui-jo found himself in front of Sergio Rochet’s goal and lifted his shot over the crossbar.

Uruguay responded at minute 42 with a header from veteran captain Diego Godín that hit one of the Korean goal posts, after a corner kick from Federico Valverde from the right sector.

In the second stage, the South American team took possession of the ball as the minutes passed against an opponent who defended closer to their area and closed the paths to their goal.

The “celeste”, who tried with shots from long distance, was close to winning at minute 89 through a shot from Valverde that hit one of the posts.

On Monday, for the second day of the group stage, Uruguay will once again play against Portugalwhile South Korea will face Ghana.