Uruguay beat Cuba 2-0 last Tuesday night, in a friendly match, and two names that play in Brazil were the highlights. Both left-back Piquerez, from palm treesas well as defender Bruno Méndez, from Corinthiansappear as starters in the match and showed good numbers.
Piquerez accumulated a total of three tackles, one interception and two decisive passes, according to data from the Sofascore. In addition, he finished five times on goal, hitting the post in two of them, and had an 84% pass effectiveness.
The Palmeiras winger, who was not listed for the match against Nicaragua, this time was coach Marcelo Bielsa’s choice and was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes. The player, incidentally, disputes position with Matías Viña, who had a spell at the alviverde club.
Bruno Méndez, in turn, was also not replaced and participated in the entire confrontation. The Corinthians defender hit 94% of the passes and 93% of the long balls. The athlete lost possession only four times and added four defensive actions.
In the previous friendly, Méndez did not start in the starting line-up, but was related and entered during the end of the second half.
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Last friendly before the Qualifiers, 2-0 victory against Cuba.
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The victory over Cuba was Bielsa’s second ahead of Uruguay. In addition to the two players already mentioned, the coach also used other well-known players in Brazilian football: the wingers Puma Rodríguez, from Vascoand Varella, from Flamengoand Canobbio socks, from Athletico-PRand Oak, do Guild.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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