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Manchester United’s Manuel Ugarte impressed as Uruguay earned a worthwhile away level in a 1-1 draw towards Brazil in Salvador in World Cup qualifying.
The Uruguayans had eight pictures to their opponent’s 18 and stored 38% of the possession, as they labored arduous defensively to remain second within the desk.
After his heroics towards Colombia final week, Ugarte regained his place within the beginning line up within the centre of a midfield three alongside goalscorer on the evening, Federico Valverde and Rodrigo Bentancur.
The United man was given a rating of 6.9 on Sofascore as he performed your entire 90 minutes of motion for La Celeste.
He had 47 touches of the ball and stored the play ticking over effectively as he made 28 out of his 32 passes for a cross accuracy of 88%.
He had much less success taking part in the ball lengthy although, as he was solely capable of join with certainly one of his 5 lengthy vary makes an attempt.
Ugarte has already grow to be recognized to United followers for his combative nature and tireless efforts out of possession and that is one thing incoming coach Ruben Amorim will wish to exploit as he goals to deliver extra depth to the membership’s play.
The Uruguay worldwide confirmed this off as he received 5 out of his seven floor duels and certainly one of out his two aerial contests in a significant midfield battle.
He was additionally sturdy defensively, making 5 clearances for his nation, one interception and a complete of three tackles.
Gaining essential outcomes away from house additionally requires calm heads and he displayed this by impressively solely gifting away one foul in the entire contest.
It has been an enormous 12 months for the Montevideo native as he has represented his nation an enormous 15 occasions this calendar 12 months and has solidified himself as a primary workforce common. At solely 23 years previous, there’s definitely more likely to be many extra appearances for the 2 time world champions.
As for his membership kind, Ugarte has had an up and down begin to his United profession since becoming a member of in the summertime, however he has proven extra promise of late and is more likely to be one of many fundamental beneficiaries of his former coach arriving to the Previous Trafford dugout.
