Uruguay are coming off a 4- o hiding against Colombia on Friday and have slipped to 4rth in the CONMEBOL table. A combination of the relentless heat, a bad start and some iffy goal keeping contributed to their dramatic collapse. Anything less than a win for Oscar Taberez’s team would be disastrous.
“That goal calmed their nerves and put us as the away team into a difficult position,” said Tabarez after the game.
“We were always chasing the game throughout after that, though, I admit it is a shocking and disappointing result.”
The defeat in Barranquilla follows a poor Olympics in London but was generally surprising considering “La Celeste’s” fine performances in the last World Cup and Copa America.
They should set-up with an attacking front 3 of Forlan, Cavani and Suarez and be expected to take the offensive initiative.
Ecuador struggled to overcome a stubborn Bolivia on Friday and in the end needed a dubious penalty to save their blushes. Realistically a draw would be a fine result for “El Tri” especially as Uruguay will be hurting after their thumping against Colombia.
Jeffersom Montero pulled up with a hamstring injury on Friday and should be replaced by Michael Arroyo of Barcelona while Caicedo should start after making an impression and scoring a goal versus Bolivia.
Christain “chuco” Benitez will come back after suspension and maybe expected to plow a lone furrow up-front against Uruguay, depending on Reinalda Rueda’s attacking pretensions.
I doubt Uruguay will be as defensive as Bolivia
Alistair McLauchlan 
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