“It hit me to lose again…“said the Bolivian soccer player, Fernando Saucedowho expressed his feelings in the midst of the silence of the conference room: “It really hurts when you can’t change history. I hope to see against Uruguay a National Team that is contagious, enthusiastic, because I have always said it: it tires you to lose again”.
Saucedo’s expressions are right. Bolivia accumulates 13 games without knowing the victory for the America Cup of Selections. The last victory of the Green Team dates back to 2015.
On June 15 of that year, Bolivia defeated Ecuador 3 to 2 at the Elías Figueroa stadium in Valparaíso with goals from Raldes, Smedberg and Martins from a penalty. That night, the Bolivian team started with a surprise because at the end of the first half they were winning 3-0.
From then on, Bolivia was unable to even get a draw. It lost all the matches in the remaining games of that 2015 Cup, and in the tournaments of 2016, 2019, 2021 and in its debut in the current edition of the oldest national team championship in the world.
This marks that Bolivia comes into the match against Uruguay with 13 consecutive defeats in the Copa América, which are detailed below.
Bolivia and its 13 games without winning in the Copa América
05/19/15 0-5 Chile
06/25/15 1-3 Peru
06/06/16 1-2 Panama
10/06/16 1-2 Chile
06/14/16 0-3 Argentina
06/14/19 0-3 Brazil
06/18/19 1-3 Peru
06/22/19 1-3 Venezuela
06/14/21 1-3 Paraguay
06/18/21 0-1 Chile
06/24/21 0-2 Uruguay
06/28/21 1-4 Argentina
06/23/24 0-2 United States
