Brazil was crowned champion of the South American Sub 20 after beating Uruguay

A goal at minute 84 from midfielder Andrey and another at minute 92 from midfielder Pedrinho gave Brazil the title of the South American Sub 20 of Colombia this Sunday, as his scores allowed his team to beat Uruguay 2-0 on the last day of the hexagonal final of the youth tournament.

At the El Campin Stadium in Bogota, attended by more than 32,000 peoplethe “Canarinha” got his twelfth title in the tournament and closed a participation that had as main figures Andrey and Vitor Roque, who both finished as top scorers in the tournament with six goals.

Brazil finished the hexagonal with 13 points, followed by Uruguay with 12, Colombia with 10, Ecuador with 4, Venezuela with 2 and Paraguay with one.

The fight for the title was precisely that: a fight in the middle of the court, where neither team managed to dominate completely.but La Celeste had the first two chances with a shot from Luciano Rodríguez and a cross from Álvaro Rodríguez that the Auriverde defense cleared.

However, those approaches were only an illusion, as the game fell into a strong game and the teams were shallow.. Both Celeste and Canarinha finished off just a couple more times on goal in the first half.

For the complementary stage, Brazil went looking for the game and began to find Vitor Roque in the area, their scorer who had two chances to score but found a notable Randall Rodríguez who avoided the celebrations.

Brazil’s push had its positive fruits when Kaiki, who entered the complementary stage, sent a long cross that reached Andrey at the far post, where with a header he sent the ball into the back of the net at 83 and started celebrating to the entire Canarinha delegation.

In Uruguayan despair, “Canarinha” made it 2-0 when Rodrigo Chagas failed at the start and the ball reached Pedrinho, who took advantage of a bad start by goalkeeper Rodríguez and sent the ball into the back of the net.

After that, the referee whistled the end of the game, which ended with a brawl in which the center-back Douglas was sent off, who, if called up by Menezes, would miss the first World Cup game.

Besides the title, In this South American, Brazil qualified for the Pan American Games in Chile 2023 and the U20 World Cup in Indonesiawhich marks his return to the world cups after missing the 2017 South Korean edition.