The story of the provocative gesture of the Uruguayan champions of the Under 20 World Cup

Uruguay became champion of Sub 20 world for the first time in its history this Sunday, after beating Italy 1-0 in La Plata. A few days before, when going to the semis, the players They remembered the Brazilian Andrey Santos and dedicated a controversial gesture to him in the locker room, something that they would repeat in full celebration after obtaining the title.

Santos, the captain of Brazil, had uploaded a provocative story to his Instagram account after Canarinha became champion in the summer of the World Cup qualifying tournament. “Rival is sought in South America…”, wrote the footballer, making use of Richarlison’s famous phrase. The story also included a photo of him at a party, in which he pretended to be looking for someone in the distance.

Brazil beat Celeste 2-0 in the last game of the final phase and left it as runner-up in the tournament played in Colombia. That, added to Andrey Santos’ chicane, made the Charrúas take note and take them into account months later in their World Cup festivities.

After beating the United States 2-0, Uruguay moved into the top four of the Youth World Cup. Brazil, for its part, could not beat Israel and was forced to pack their bags after losing 3-2. It was at that moment that the Uruguayan footballers took the opportunity to return the gesture to the Vasco Da Gama midfielder.

From the official Twitter account of the Sub 20 World Cup, a video of the Uruguayan celebrations for qualifying for the semis was published. At the end of this, you can see how nine footballers from the squad imitated the celebration of Andrey Santos, as a mockery.

With Luciano Rodríguez’s goal late in the match (less than five minutes remained), Uruguay overcame the Azzurra and won their first Under 20 World Cup title. Amid the euphoria and celebration, the players turned according to the captain of the Scratch.

Right in the Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona de La Plata, a large part of the squad looked at the stands with their fans and imitated, once again, the gesture of putting their hands on their foreheads. As if that were not enough, from the official networks of the Uruguayan team they also laughed at Santos with the message: “Here is what you were looking for. World champions, bye kid.”

Last March, Chelsea reached an agreement with Vasco Da Gama to be able to add the young midfielder once the next market opens. In this way, Santos, together with the Frenchman Christopher Nkunku, will be one of Mauricio Pochettino’s first reinforcements in the Blues.

In Uruguay, following in the footsteps of Diego Forlán, Luis Suárez and Édinson Cavani, Broli’s gurises (boys) returned Uruguay to the front pages, following in the footsteps of a generation that awakened the mystique of La Celeste with fourth place in the World Cup. South Africa 2010 and the Copa América in Argentina a year later.

With barely 3.5 million inhabitants, Uruguay once again shines in international football, of which it is a great protagonist. He is the top winner of the Copa América with 15 titles, along with Argentina, and won two World Cups for the elderly (1930 and 1950) as well as two gold medals in the Olympic Games, laurels to which he added this Sunday the one he obtained for the first time. time with the Sub 20