Chilean players poured their anger on the referees and officials of the South American Confederation "CONMEBOL" after several decisions against them in the 2-1 defeat to Uruguay, at the opening of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Montevideo yesterday.

Luis Suarez opened the scoring for Uruguay with a penalty kick before the end of the first half, which the referee counted after the video assistant referee intervened.

In a repeat of the controversy in the Premier League this season, it took the next referee from Paraguay a long time to consider the kick, after the ball rebounded from Sebastian Vegas's body and collided with his hand.

Alexis Sanchez leveled the away side early in the second half but substitute Maxi Gomez snatched an undeserved win for Uruguay in the second minute of stoppage time.

The Chilean players became more angry after the referee refused to review two penalty kicks, one of which was a clear handball in the last minutes.

The Chilean Footballers' Union threatened to protest against CONMEBOL due to the "lack of clear standards" in decision-making.

Current and former players expressed their anger.

"I will not say anything so as not to get into trouble," wrote Gary Medel, captain of the national team, who was kept out of the match by injury. "But what happened was terrible, CONMEBOL."

"How long will we allow these thefts in South America? ... thieves ... the match was awarded to Uruguay," said former striker Evan Zamorano.

Uruguay's first goal in Chile from a penalty kick scored by Luis Suarez đź‘Ź pic.twitter.com/ksCqdk7W1p

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