Starting in January when the Under 20 national team after just falling short of Brazil in the last fixture, finished as sub-champions in the U20 South American Championship and qualified for the 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup in Argentina.

The match was dull and described as torture for many Uruguayans up until the 86th minute where Luciano Rodríguez who was back from suspended for a red card in the quarter final scored a header from and uncleared ball after a corner awarded to Uruguay.

After a couple months of celebrating it is now September and we shift our focus to the senior team where they will be starting their qualifying campaign for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in their Estadio Centenario against Chile with their new and exciting manager Marcelo Bielsa appointed in May.

There was a new Uruguay team, a young one and more refurbished one, controversially removing the likes of Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani and Fernando Muslera and instead bringing new exciting talent such as Darwin Núñez, Nicolás de la Cruz, Federico Valverde, Manuel Ugarte and more.

After a very hard-fought and emotional 90 minute's, they won 2–0 against Brazil for the first time since 2002 when they were fresh champions from the previous world cup.

After a couple weeks of rest and training it was time for matchday 5, Argentina vs. Uruguay in the La Bombonera.