Under 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic: Uruguay lost to Chile and was practically eliminated

The U23 team of Uruguay lost last night against Chile by 1 to 0 in its second presentation in group B of the Pre-Olympic, it was last in the standings and almost eliminated from the chances of advancing to the next round and therefore from the Olympic Games. Paris.
Uruguay was superior in the first half, with Luciano Rodríguez as an offensive bastion, although with many shortcomings in definition. The downside, as in the first game against Paraguay, was the fragility of the Uruguayan defense.
Uruguay’s high pressure complicated its opponent, who wanted to respond with aerial balls and counterattacks, all based on a good defensive strategy.
Uruguay continued to create situations at the beginning of the second half, after a shot by Juan Cruz De los Santos that went close, a header by Homenchenko against the post and a good individual play by Luciano Rodríguez, all wasted chances. At 64′ the goal came for Chile, after a run by Gonzalo Tapia that Homenchenko could not close and ended in a pass to the middle where Clemente Montes made it 1 to 0.
From that moment on, Uruguay was a mass of nerves and inaccuracies, it tried again and again, but it was not clear and it did not have any luck when it came to defining.
This defeat leaves Uruguay last in group B with zero points and two games to play. Paraguay, which defeated Peru yesterday, is the leader, now unreachable, followed by Argentina with four, while Peru and Chile have 3.
If Argentina beats Chile on the next date, Uruguay will be eliminated, if Chile wins the same will happen since in case of equality of units it is defined by the result of the duel between both. Therefore, Uruguay must wait for a draw between Argentina and Chile and win both matches to qualify.
URUGUAY 0 – CHILE 1
Stadium: Misael Delgado. Referees: Flavio De Souza, Nailton Souza and Luanderson Lima (Brazilian team)
Uruguay: Randall Rodriguez; Matthew Ponte (45′ Sebastian Boselli), Nicolas Marichal (75′ Anderson Duarte), James Homenchenko, Valentin Rodriguez (78′ Fredy Martinez), Rodrigo Chagas, Cesar Araújo, Thiago Palacios, Matías Abaldo (45′ Renzo Sanchez), Luciano Rodriguez and John Cross of the Saints. DT: Marcelo Bielsa.
Chile: Vicente Reyes; Valentín Vidal, Matías Vásquez, Jonathan Villagra, Joaquín Gutiérrez; Vicente Pizarro, César Pérez (61′ Gonzalo Tapia), Lucas Cepeda (90′ Daniel Gutiérrez), Alexander Aravena (61′ Clemente Montes), Renato Cordero; Damián Pizarro (74′ Luciano Arriagada). DT: Nicolás Córdoba.
Gol: 64′ Clemente Montes (C).