2-0: Andrey and Pedrinho give Brazil their twelfth South American title

A goal in the 84th minute from the midfielder Andrew and another in 92 on the steering wheel Pedrino they gave him this Sunday the title of South American Sub’20 of Colombiaas his annotations allowed his team to win the match 2-0 Uruguay on the last day of the final hexagonal of the youth tournament.

At the El Campin stadium in Bogotaattended by more than 32,000 people, Canarinha won his twelfth title in the tournament and ended a streak of Andrey and Victor Roquewho both finished as the tournament’s top scorers with six goals.

Brazil finished the hexagonal with 13 points, followed by Uruguay there are 12, Colombia there are 10, Ecuador there are 4, Venezuela there are 2 and Paraguayan there’s one.

The fight for the title was certain: a battle in the middle of the field, where no team was able to completely dominate, but La Celeste had the first two chances with a shot from Luciano Rodríguez and a center of alvaro rodriguez that cleared, in extremis, the auriverde defense.

The group of Ramon Menezes for his part, tried to dominate under the leadership of Guilherme Biror, that he took a left-footed shot that went over the goal randall rodriguez until 13.

However, those strategies are just an illusion, as the game falls on the power play and the teams are shallow. Both Celeste and Canarinha finished several times on goal in the first half.

For the complementary phase, Brazil He went out to find the game and began searching the area Victor Roquewith its scorer having two chances to score but finding a remarkable one randall rodriguez who abstained from celebrations.

The most obvious, however, is Guilherme with a shot that hit the post in the 57th minute.

In that context, Uruguay appeal to counterattack to try to do damage and leave Luciano Rodríguez his figure in the tournament, the responsibility of trying to score something that would give him the peace of mind of the title.

The push of Brazil It had positive results when Kaiki, entering the complementary phase, sent a long cross that reached Andrey at the far post, where with a header he sent the ball into the back of the net in 83 and made the whole delegation to celebrate the Canary.

In the end, the Uruguayans pushed, and even had a chance with a free kick that he took Luciano Rodríguez and passed near the right post of Michaelbut it is not enough for them to bind.

In Uruguay’s despair, Canarinha made it 2-0 on Rodrigo Chagas failed at the start and the ball reached Pedrinho, who took advantage of goalkeeper Rodríguez’s poor start and sent the ball into the back of the net.

After that, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, which ended in a brawl in which centre-back Douglas was sent off, who, if called up by Menezes, would miss the first game of the World Cup.

Besides the title, Brazil In this South American, he qualified for the Pan American Games in Chile 2023 and the U20 World Cup in Indonesia, marking his return to the world cups after missing out on the 2017 South Korean edition.

Data sheet:

2. Brazil: Kaique; André (m.81, Stenio), Douglas, Robert, Patryck (m.80, Kaiki Bruno); Andrey, Luis Guilherme (m.81, Ronald), Alexsander, Guilherme Biro (m.65, Pedrinho); Giovane (m.65, Renan) and Vitor Roque.

Selector: Ramón Menezes.

0. Uruguay:Randall Rodriguez; Mateo Ponte, Sebastián Boselli, Facundo González, Mathias de Ritis (m.87, Emiliano Rodríguez); Damián García (m.87, Nicolás Siri), Fabricio Díaz (m.76, Mateo Antoni), Luciano Rodríguez, Franco González (m.75, Ignacio Sosa); Renzo Sánchez and Álvaro Rodríguez (m.59, Rodrigo Chagas).

Selector: Marcelo Broli.

The objectives: 1-0, m.83: Andrey. 2-0, m.92: Pedrinho.

Referee: Chilean Cristian Garay. He dismissed Douglas and booked Boselli, Alexsander, Andrey, Robert, González and Pedrinho.

Incidents: The match on the last day of the final hexagonal of the South American Sub’20 was played at the El Campín stadium, in Bogotá.