This is the first time Uruguay and Saudi Arabia have met in an official tournament. Before that, the team only faced each other in friendly matches. Saudi Arabia is considered the weakest team in the group and is far behind Uruguay's class. And this is a match where they are determined to face many difficulties. To continue to nurture their hopes of advancing, Saudi Arabia will have to win at least 1 point.
Notably, this is a 100-match match for Luis Suarez for Uruguay. Over Suarez in terms of the number of matches played for Uruguay currently have 5 players including Maxi Pereira (125 matches), Diego Godin (117), Diego Forlan (112), Cristian Rodriguez (106) and Edison Cavani (102).
Uruguay was the team that played more aggressively in the first minutes of the match. However, Saudi Arabia also showed that they are not too inferior to their opponents. The proof is that the control ratio between the two sides does not vary too much. Saudi Arabia showed determination in the match in which they were forced to get points.
And before consecutive attacks by Uruguay, the Saudi Arabia defense made mistakes. In the 23rd minute, from a corner kick by an Uruguayan player, goalkeeper Alowais rushed out to punch the ball out of bounds, Suarez facilityly taped the ball into the empty net.
This was Suarez's 52nd goal for Uruguay and his 6th goal at the VCK World Cup, equal to Diego Forlan.
After conceding a goal, Saudi Arabia raised their formation and pressed back to Uruguay to find an equalizer. Even at the end of the first half, Saudi Arabia had controlled the opponent with 54%.
In the second half, Uruguay regained control of the game and put pressure on Saudi Arabia's field. Meanwhile, the Asian team showed a deadlock in raising their squad to find an equalizer. It was difficult to drill through Uruguay's defense.
In the second half, Saudi Arabia played better. But despite their great efforts in the final minutes of the match, they still could not score to level the score, and had to sadly accept a 0-1 defeat. With this victory, Uruguay, together with Russia, won tickets to the next round and sent Saudi Arabia and Egypt home early.
In the final round of Group A, Uruguay will meet Russia to compete for the top spot in the second group, while the match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt is just a formality.
