Uruguay and Mexico have a particular rivalry that makes their matches often have a heated atmosphere. Whether they are friendly or official matches.
Throughout history they have played 21 matches, with eight victories for the Mexicans, six for the Uruguayans and seven draws.
Uruguay scored 28 goals and Mexico 29.
The last time they faced each other was in September 2018, after the World Cup in Russia and since Óscar Tabárez had not renewed his contract, the team was led by Fabián Coito. The celeste team won 4-1 in Houston, Texas, with two goals from Suárez, one from José María Giménez, and another one from Gastón Pereiro, who was not even among the reserves in this call-up.
Mexico played with a team of many young players and the match had a friendly atmosphere. Luis Suárez missed a penalty against Guillermo Ochoa and at halftime, they hugged and laughed about the incident.
But the last official match had the traditional dynamics of the clashes between both teams. It was for the Copa América Centenario in 2016.
Matías Vecino was sent off at 44 minutes and at 72', Jesús Corona was shown a red card, both for double yellow card actions.
The State Farm Arena, where the friendly match will be played this Thursday, with a capacity for over 60 thousand people, was filled with Mexicans.
When Diego Godín scored the goal, bottles were thrown and Álvaro González made a gesture putting his hand near his ear, as if to listen to the silence of the Mexicans.
However, the Mexicans ended up winning 3-1 and that bad start cost Uruguay elimination after losing 1-0 to Venezuela in their second match.
The anger between both teams extended to basketball. In 2011, in a friendly match prior to the FIBA Americas qualifier for the London Olympics.
The anger was started by Emilio Taboada with Mexican player Romel Beck and Martín Osimani continued with a run and a kick.
"This is not the first time this has happened with Uruguay. Unfortunately, when they feel a little overwhelmed, they start throwing intentional punches and it has always happened. I am concerned about the team, but logically we will never let ourselves down, especially wearing the Mexico uniform and in our own field and country, for them to do this to us," said the Mexican coach at the time.
However, the Mexican assistant coach threw chairs at the Uruguayan players, which is why he was suspended for a year.
In the 2007 Copa América, Mexico defeated Uruguay 3-1 with Hugo Sánchez as coach and the provocateur, but great player, Cuauhtémoc Blanco as the star. Diego Lugano was sent off in the play that resulted in a penalty equalizer. The Mexicans turned around an initial 1-0 score by Sebastián Abreu and Nery Castillo, son of Uruguayan Gary Castillo who decided to play for Mexico, had several clashes with Uruguayan players.
In the 2004 Copa América, they faced each other in Peru in the first match of Group B, in Chiclayo.
Before the tournament, Richard Morales was interviewed by Alejandro Fantino on Mar de Fondo, by TyC Sports, and announced: "If we can't win, we'll take something with us, at least a little knee." Fantino burst into laughter.
El Chengue entered at the 77th minute when Uruguay was losing 2-1. And on his first ball, he got sent off for a strong tackle. However, Paolo Montero equalized at the end and the match ended 2-2.
The mother of all fights took place on April 13, 1986, in Los Angeles. It was a friendly match before the World Cup in Mexico.
The Mexicans won 1-0 with a goal from Javier Aguirre in the 10th minute of the game.
A kick from Raúl Servín against goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodríguez, when the match had ended, sparked the fight and everything ended in a massive brawl.
That cost Uruguay to reach the World Cup under the watchful eye of FIFA, and especially the secretary-general of the organization and the one in charge of granting privileges to the referees: Joseph Blatter.
"If they don't see blood, they can't play," he told a German television program before the Celeste's debut in the World Cup in Mexico.