Alonso says Uruguay will go out in search of the three points in Asuncion

Montevideo, January 24 (EFE). Uruguayan football coach, Diego Alonso, said on Monday that Celeste will use their arguments and weapons to get the three points on Thursday when they face Paraguay in Asuncion in the match day 15 match. South American qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar.

“What we can expect from Uruguay, or what we will be looking for, is that we can be a team that competes well, and we will go out and look for the three points,” the former footballer said.

“We will try with our arguments and our weapons to be able to suggest a match that benefits us and we are able to dominate and win it,” he added.

The decisive match in Uruguay’s recovery for a place in the 2022 World Cup will be Alonso’s first official appearance as a replacement for Oscar Washington Tabarez, who has been in office for nearly 16 years.

He stressed that it would also be important to strengthen the emotional side to face the remaining four matches in the South American qualifiers because Uruguay is in seventh place and needs to add points to reach at least the fifth, which gives the right to play a play-off.

The South American qualifiers award four direct World Cup places and the fifth place pass to a playoff series.

In response to a question about the tactical system he will use against Paraguay, he stressed that this is not the primary thing, but rather the characteristics of the players he uses.

He said Paraguay’s Argentine coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto has “great experience both domestically and internationally”.

He described, “It is a team that defends very strongly and directly, unites quickly and tries to finish the game and this makes it a dangerous team and certainly a two-way match can be considered at a certain moment.”

However, he said, “the most important thing” is what Uruguay can do, the game proposal they have and the possibility of imposing conditions to turn the match in their favour.

Almost all Uruguayan players have been called up, with the exception of goalkeeper Guillermo de Amores.

Today, Monday, most of the international players appeared in the center of focus, among them top scorer Luis Suarez and midfielder Fede Valverde or young Facundo Pellistri, one of the surprises of Alonso’s invitation to the double day, which will end on February 1 with the match. Against Venezuela in Montevideo.

Regarding the latter, the coach said that he has the characteristics that interest the coaching staff: “a broad player, with speed and unbalance in a one-on-one confrontation.”

Regarding the rest of the squad, he emphasized that the players had arrived “amazingly” and “with tremendous will”.

Uruguay has 16 points in the standings, similar to Chile, which is ranked sixth in the best goal score.

Brazil leads the South American qualifiers with 35 points. Argentina follows with 29. Both teams are already qualified for Qatar 2022.

Ecuador took third place with 23 units. Followed by Colombia and Peru with 17. EFE

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