Uruguay wins big, US suffers unexpected defeat

Uruguay faced Bolivia after beating Panama 3-1 in their opening match. Against the weakest opponent in the group, Uruguay started confidently and opened the scoring in the 8th minute. From a set piece, Ronald Araujo assisted Facundo Pellistri to head the ball into the Bolivian net from close range.

In the 21st minute, Darwin Nunez doubled the gap for Uruguay after a quick counter-attack. A few minutes later, he headed the ball, unfortunately hitting the crossbar. Uruguay's attack played very energetically, creating many good opportunities but could not take advantage.

It wasn't until the 76th minute that they got their third goal after a beautiful shot from Maximiliano Araujo. Less than five minutes later, Federico Valverde fired home from the edge of the box after a good pass from Pellistri, beating goalkeeper Viscarra.

Uruguay completely overwhelmed their opponents. Photo: Uruguay Football Federation

In the 89th minute, Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur headed in from the six-yard box after an Arrascaeta cross, sealing a 5-0 win for Uruguay. This result officially helped them advance to the quarter-finals.

In the other match in Group C, the host USA surprisingly lost 2-1 to Panama. The main reason was Timothy Weah's red card in the 18th minute, which caused many difficulties for the USA. Folarin Balogun opened the scoring for the USA in the 22nd minute, but then two goals from Cesar Blackman and Jose Fajardo helped Panama come back.

Now both the US and Panama have 3 points and will compete for the ticket to the next round in the final match. Bolivia after two consecutive losses will say goodbye to the tournament.

Source: https://laodong.vn/bong-da-quoc-te/ket-qua-copa-america-2024-uruguay-thang-dam-my-that-bai-bat-ngo-1358715.ldo