Darwin Nunez Saves Uruguay From Defeat Against Colombia

Uruguay's players celebrated Mathias Olivera's (16) goal in the match against Colombia in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. (Twitter @CONMEBOL)

JAKARTA - Liverpool star Darwin Nunez saved Uruguay from defeat. In the qualifying duel for the 2026 World Cup CONMEBOL zone at the Metropolitan Roberto Melendez Stadium, Friday, October 13, WIB, Uruguay drew 2-2 against host Colombia.

Uruguay had to work hard and almost fell during a away match. Nunez finally saved Uruguay after scoring a goal that equalized the score in injury time.

The draw did not change the position of the two teams. Uruguay is ranked fourth with four points. Meanwhile, Colombia, who got five points, took third place.

In that match, the two teams attacked each other from the first minute. However, their attacks always failed to provide results.

Colombia took the lead when captain James Rodriguez scored in the 35th minute. The former Real Madrid player who is now playing in Sao Paulo completed an assist from Santiago Arias.

After Colombia took the lead, no more goals were created. The first half ended with a score of 1-0 for the hosts.

In the second half, Uruguay tried to get up. Motivated by Nunez with Manchester United players on loan at Alavez Facundo Pelistri and Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde, they pressed Colombia's defense.

Their efforts were not in vain. The match had only been running for two minutes, Uruguay successfully broke into the opponent's goal. It was Mathias Olivera who had just entered the second half and immediately brought Uruguay to equalize to 1-1.

But Colombia didn't take long to come back ahead. This time it was Mateus Uribe who scored after welcoming Rodriguez's assist in the 52nd minute. The score changed to 2-1 for Colombia.

Saat sudah berpejol, Colombia malah kehilangan pemain mainstay 87. Kiper Camilo Vargas dikeluarkan setelah mendapat kartu kuning kedua yang disusul dengan kartu merah.

The second goalkeeper Alvaro Montero came on to replace midfielder Jhon Arias. Despite playing with 10 people, Colombia had time to match Uruguay's game.

Only Uruguyay really took advantage of the advantage of the number of players. As a result, in injury time, Nunez managed to break into the Montero goal. The score changed 2-2 and lasted until the end of the match.