With another goal from Darwin Nunez, Uruguay beat Argentina in the early hours of Friday morning in another historic game.

The key player for Marcelo Bielsa’s team in their 2-1 win over Brazil last month was Nunez. He scored a goal and set up another one as Uruguay beat the five-time World Cup winners for the first time in 21 years.

Now La Celeste has beaten Argentina, who is the current World Cup winner. A goal by Nunez in the 87th minute sealed the win for them in Buenos Aires, giving them all three points. With the win, Uruguay moved up to second place in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, ending Argentina’s perfect start.

Nunez kept up the great play he’s been showing for Liverpool this season, during which he has scored seven goals and set up six others. El Pais, a newspaper in Uruguay, gave the 24-year-old’s show 8/10. “In the first half, he had a very clear chance to score when he went one-on-one against Dibu Martínez,” the review of his game said. He missed the target by a hair. He got even in the bonus and didn’t fail. It was now 2-0. Very dedicated, putting stress on the last line of the Albiceleste.

El Pais said that Lionel Messi, who is leader of Argentina, was mad at his team’s “young people” after the game.

Meanwhile, La Red 21 said that Nunez was a “constant danger” during the match to beat Alexis Mac Allister, who plays for Liverpool.

While ESPN said he built up “power and speed” to create the chance, the former Benfica forward missed a good one in the first half. When Nunez did get another chance near the end of the game, he beat Argentina with lightning speed on the break before “feints and finishes against [Emi] Martínez to close the game.”