Uruguay will travel to Barranquilla on Thursday as they take on Colombia in the third round of South American World Cup 2026 qualifying games.
The hosts have begun with four points from their opening two outings, while their visitors suffered a defeat to Ecuador in their second game after beginning with a victory.
Indeed, La Tricolor fell agonisingly short in their previous qualification bid, ending on 23 points from their 18 games, sixth in the South American group and two points outside of the top four spots which guaranteed qualification and one point off the inter-confederation playoff place.
That was after the campaign finished with back-to-back wins over Bolivia and Venezuela last March, and they have since turned those results into the foundations of a formidable run having gone unbeaten since then, firstly playing in nine friendlies between June 2022 and June 2023 and securing seven wins alongside draws with USA and South Korea.
Nestor Lorenzo managed La Tricolor from the second of those games onwards last July, and following his impressive unbeaten start, he led them into qualifying with confidence and they began with a three-point haul, beating Venezuela 1-0 on home soil last month thanks to Rafael Borre's second-half goal, before travelling to Chile in their second outing and taking a creditable share of the spoils from a goalless draw in Macul.
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