Argentina and Uruguay Renew the Clásico Del Río de la Plata for the Third Time This Century

A new friendly for Argentina

The Uruguay and Argentina national teams will play a friendly match next Friday, November 13. This will be the third such match in the traditional Río de la Plata Clásico in the 21st century.

New Bloomfield Stadium was the venue for the most recent match, played on November 18, 2019, with Lionel Scaloni on the Albiceleste bench and the 'Maestro' Óscar Washington Tabárez on the Uruguayan bench.

That match ended in a 2-2 draw and featured goals from four of the top scorers in the history of the Uruguay and Argentina national teams

Edinson Cavani and Luis Suárez scored for Uruguay, while Sergio 'Kun' Agüero and Lionel Messi scored for Argentina.

The match featured, on one side, Esteban Andrada; Renzo Saravia, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Marcos Acuña; Paulo Dybala, Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero.

On the other side were Martín Campaña; Martín Cáceres, Sebastián Coates, Diego Godín, Matías Viña; Lucas Torreira, Matías Vecino, Federico Valverde, Brian Lozano; Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani.

The other matches

The other friendly match of the century was played on August 20, 2003 in Italy and pitted several players against each other who will meet again on this occasion, but in different roles.

On one side played Roberto Ayala, Walter Samuel and Pablo Aimar, who are part of Scaloni's coaching staff. On the other side was Forlán, Uruguay's interim coach.

Coached by Marcelo Bielsa, Argentina won that match 3-2 thanks to goals from Juan Sebastián Verón, Samuel and Andrés D'Alessandro. Forlán and Martín Ligüera scored for Uruguay.

Pablo Cavallero; Javier Zanetti, Roberto Ayala, Walter Samuel, Diego Placente; Juan Sebastián Verón, Matías Almeyda, Pablo Aimar; Diego Milito, Hernán Crespo and Claudio López were the eleven chosen to represent the Albiceleste

Uruguay's starting lineup was Gustavo Munúa; Gianni Guigou, Diego López, Alejandro Lembo, Mario Regueiro; Nelson Abeijón, Guillermo Giacomazzi, Álvaro Recoba; Javier Chevantón, Sebastián Abreu and Diego Forlán.

According to data from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), the Río de la Plata Classic has been played 196 times, with 92 wins for Argentina, 58 for Uruguay, and 46 draws.

Meanwhile, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) counts one more match with a victory for La Celeste.

The last two were part of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and ended with a victory for each team, both achieved away from home.

Uruguay won 0-2 at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires with goals from Ronald Araujo and Darwin Núñez, while Argentina won by the narrowest of margins at the Estadio Centenario with a goal from Thiago Almada. EFE

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