Robert Moreno seeks another victory and Forlán the first
The selections of South Korea and Uruguay will come face to face this Monday (1:00 p.m.) in a friendly meeting in which the Spanish Robert Moreno will look for a new victory with the Asian team, while Diego Forlan He will go for his first victory with the Celeste.
After replacing Hong Myung-Bothe former Spain coach debuted days ago with the South Korean team and did so by making Marcelo Gallardo’s debut with Ecuador bitter.
It was with a 3-0 win in a match in which Son Heung Min He excelled by scoring a goal of many carats with a spectacular free kick that closed the win.
Forlan It debuted with a defeat in a duel against Japan that was decided after 90 minutes, when the team led by Hajime Moriyasu scored two goals and took a 3-1 victory.
Looking ahead to his second game in charge of La Celeste, the former Villarreal and Atlético de Madrid player will surely make changes and give minutes to players like Thiago Cardozo, Sebastián Cáceres, Joaquín Piquerez, Rodrigo Zalazar or Martín Satriano.
La Celeste could take the field with a very different eleven from the one that lost to Japan and with which it will seek to put an end to a long streak without victories.
He Uruguay’s last triumph It dates back to October 13, 2025, in a friendly against Uzbekistan. From that moment on he played eight games – one under the command of Forlán and seven directed by Marcelo Bielsa – in which he added three defeats and four draws.
In addition, the South American team will try to break another adverse streak, that of the lack of goals from its center forwards. The last to score were Rodrigo Aguirre and Federico Viñas in the 3-0 victory against Peru on the penultimate date of the South American World Cup qualifiers. Then, all the scorers called up have gone 990 minutes without scoring.
On the other side, Moreno will have two of his stars, the Bayern Munich center back Kim Min Jae and the Los Angeles FC attacker Son Heung-Min.
In addition, the Spaniard could include the Atlético de Madrid midfielder in the starting eleven Kang-In Leewho decided not to call up to play from the beginning and was on the bench against Ecuador.
South Korea and Uruguay will meet for the eleventh time. The last one was in 2023 and the match ended with a 1-2 victory for La Celeste. So far, the South Americans have won seven matches, the Asians one and the remaining two have ended in a draw.
