This is the Uruguay retro shirt from COPA Football. The retro shirt is based on Uruguay's football shirts from the 1970s. In the 1970s, the Uruguayan national football team qualified twice for a World Cup final round. The Uruguay 1970's retro football shirt from COPA Football is light blue and has a white v-neck and white trims. The Uruguay shirt has short sleeves. On the left chest the well-known sun of Uruguay. The sun (Meizon) is a symbol of the Inca sun good Inti. The letters A.U.F. above the sun means Association Uruguayan Football. The COPA retro shirts have a normal fit and are delivered in a luxury gift box from COPA. 100% cotton.
At the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, the country only narrowly made it to the second round. They won 2-0 against Israel and drew against Italy (0-0), but they lost 0-1 against Sweden. As a result, both countries had the same number of points, but Uruguay continued due to a slightly better goal difference. In the quarterfinals, the Soviet Union was sent home 1-0. Uruguay only qualified for the semifinals in the 117th minute at the expense of the Soviet Union. The goal was controversial, as Espárrago scored from a cross that had actually gone over the goal line. In the semifinals, the Uruguayans met Brazil from Pele, among others. Brazil had a very difficult time in the first half with the strongly defending Uruguay. The attackers couldn't get through and due to a well-known miss by the mediocre Brazilian defense and keeper Felix, Uruguay took a 1-0 lead through a goal by Cubilla. Just before half time, Clodoaldo equalized. In the second half, the Brazilians dominated as in all their matches, winning 3-1 thanks to goals from Jairzinho and Rivelino. The match had become legendary because of a historical "dummy" of Pelé, who sent goalkeeper Mazurkiewicz the other way through a deception without touching the ball, Pelé missed, however. The Brazilians stopped La Celeste in the semifinals 3-1. Four years later at the World Cup in West Germany, Uruguay was desolately last in a group with the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Sweden.
