Next Wednesday, June 5, at Empower Field at Mile High; Denver, Colorado, the The Mexican Futbol selection will face a historic team from South America, such as the Uruguayan National Team, in a friendly match, ahead of the Copa América 2024.
In this article, we list the last ten confrontations between these two squads. A World Cup match stands out, a Copa América semi-final and a favorable statistic for the Mexicans each time they face the Charrúas in a duel for continental glory.
The last time the Mexican Soccer Team faced the Uruguay squad was in 2022, in a friendly match played in Phoenix, and the score ended 3-0 in favor of the Charrúas. Matías Vecino opened the scoring in the thirty-fifth minute, then Edinson Cavani scored a double.
In 2018, the Mexican Soccer Team also faced the Uruguayan team, and, once again, the score ended clearly in favor of the light blue team, now by a scandalous 4-1. Raúl Jiménez scored for the Mexicans; José María Jiménez, Luis Suárez twice and Gastón Pereiro scored for Uruguay.
The last triumph of the Mexican Soccer Team occurred in 2016, in the group stage; Copa América held in the United States of America. The score ended 3-1, the scorers of the match were Álvaro Pereira with an own goal that benefited the Mexicans, Rafael Márquez and Héctor Herrera. Diego Godín scored for Uruguay, at minute seventy-four.
The only time Uruguay beat Mexico in a Copa América was in 2011, in the edition held in Argentina. The match ended 1-0. The goal was through Álvaro Pereira. Uruguay was proclaimed champion of the Copa América in that edition.
Mexico and Uruguay have met twice in a World Cup. The last time this happened was in 2010, and the game was won by the Charrúas, with a goal from Luis Suárez in the forty-third minute of the game.
What was shown by the Mexican Soccer Team in the 2007 Copa América is perhaps comparable to what was displayed in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, when they came very close to eliminating Argentina and reaching the famous fifth game. In the continental competition, Mexico defeated the Uruguayan National Team 3-1 and took third place in the competition.
In 2005, Mexico and Uruguay met again in a friendly match, and the result ended 3-1 in favor of Mexico. Carlos Salcido, Diego Martínez and Luis Ernesto Pérez scored for the tricolor squad. For the charrúas, ‘Loco’ Abreu discounted.
In the 2004 Copa América in Peru, the Mexican Soccer Team faced the Uruguay team, for a match corresponding to the group stage. The match sparked, and ended in an exciting 2-2 draw.
In 2003, Mexico and Uruguay faced each other in a friendly match, just one year before the World Cup in Korea and Japan. The match ended 2-0 in favor of the Uruguayans, who scored through Diego Perrone, first in the twenty-sixth minute and then in the sixty-second minute.
In 2001, Mexico and Uruguay faced each other in neither more nor less than a Copa América semi-final. The hierarchy of the Charrúas placed them as favorites, and yet, Mexico took the field ready to beat whoever was necessary… and they did it. Jared Borgetti and Alberto García Aspe scored for the Mexicans; Richard Morales scored thirty-two for the Charrúas.
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