Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez celebrated straight successful the look of erstwhile Everton defender Yerry Mina during Uruguay’s triumph against Colombia connected Friday evening.
In a thrilling crippled successful Montevideo, Andres Gomez thought helium had snatched a constituent for Colombia with a extremity successful the sixth infinitesimal of other clip to marque it 2-2.
However, Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte popped up successful the 11th infinitesimal of wounded clip with a melodramatic precocious victor to unafraid a 3-2 triumph for Marcelo Bielsa’s side.
Nunez had clashed with Mina, who came connected arsenic a precocious substitute successful wounded time, earlier Uruguay’s winning goal.
However, aft Ugarte struck to marque it 3-2 to Uruguay, Nunez instantly turned and celebrated wildly successful beforehand of Mina earlier joining his teammates.
‘I’m blessed to spot the fans successful the stands celebrating, it’s a extremity that I’ll retrieve forever,’ Ugarte said aft his goal.
‘I’m not 1 to people a batch of goals. The lucifer was nice, I deliberation we deserved to triumph and sometimes it’s bully to triumph a lucifer similar that.
‘I thought astir my parents, astir my niece who was calved a period ago. It was beauteous to spot the assemblage celebrating similar that.’
The triumph has enactment Uruguay 2nd successful the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying table, 3 points down leaders Argentina and level with Colombia who driblet to third.
Mina, meanwhile, is facing a imaginable suspension for pushing a cameraman connected the transportation successful the aftermath of Colombia’s defeat.
In September, Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez was handed a 2 crippled prohibition aft helium slapped a camera during Argentina’s decision to Colombia.
If banned, Mina would beryllium absent for Colombia’s World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Paraguay.
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