According to FourFourTwo Korea, Ki Sung-yueng, former captain of South Korea's national team and part of the only South Korean team to defeat Uruguay, commented on Uruguay's style of play after witnessing South Korea's 1-4 defeat to Uruguay.

On September 28 local time, South Korea faced Uruguay in an international friendly match at Seoul World Cup Stadium and suffered a heavy 1-4 defeat. A total of 48,024 spectators attended the match.

For Uruguay, this match was also an opportunity for the team to return to peak form. After being eliminated from the group stage of the 2026 North American World Cup, Uruguay made a coaching change. In their first match under the new coach, the team lost 1-3 to Japan, so Uruguay was eager to secure a positive result against South Korea.

Although Uruguay was without Federico Valverde for this match, the team still demonstrated strong control throughout the game. Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Torreira dominated the midfield, restricting South Korea's midfielder duo of Lee Jae-sung and Kim Bong-soo. When Uruguay gained midfield superiority, South Korea's defense began to show weakness.

Uruguay repeatedly exploited space behind South Korea's defensive line with precision. In the 13th minute, Darwin Núñez opened the scoring; in the 27th minute, Giorgian de Arrascaeta extended the lead; and in the 43rd minute, Kim Min-jae unfortunately scored an own goal. Uruguay led 3-0 at halftime.

In the 17th minute of the second half, Uruguay created another threat through fluid cross-field passing, and Núñez scored his second goal, extending the lead to 4-0. South Korea only managed to score one goal in the 35th minute through Son Heung-min, but by then the match was in its closing stages, and South Korea ultimately lost 1-4.

It should be noted that Ki Sung-yueng watched the match on television that day. In October 2018, South Korea faced Uruguay at Seoul World Cup Stadium, with Ki Sung-yueng starting. South Korea won that match 2-1 with goals from Hwang Ui-jo and Jung Woo-young. This remains South Korea's only victory against Uruguay to date.

After the match, Ki Sung-yueng shared his thoughts on Uruguay's style of play on his personal social media. He wrote: "The 1-4 defeat is regrettable. Uruguay is very intelligent in how they receive the ball, their ball control, their ability to create numerical advantage after drawing opponents in, and their overall control of the game. They receive the ball, pass it, and then move again; they truly understand football. Every player is as clever as a fox."

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