On June 27, the second match of Group C of the Conmebol Copa América 2024 United States between Uruguay vs. Bolivia which ended 5-0 in favor of the Uruguayan team that dreams of the quarterfinals.
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Uruguay leads Group C after defeating at the start of the Copa America to Panama with a score of 3-1while Bolivia fell in its debut against United States 2-0 and takes last place.
The Uruguayan team arrives with the objective of getting closer to the quarterfinals of the America Cup and the Bolivian team seeks to get out of the last places to fight for classification.
First time
The match between Uruguay and Bolivia began with the Uruguayan team handling the ball and starting to create different dangerous actions and pressure against the Bolivian team, At minute 2, Darwin Núñez’s first header ended up going past the left post.
The Uruguayan team continued its pressure on the Bolivian defense, until at minute 8 the scoring opened in favor of Uruguay 1-0 with a goal scored by Facundo Pellistri who took advantage of a rebound to head the ball.
After the first goal, Uruguay continued to press and aim to extend the lead even further, but Bolivia tried to react and sought to control the ball, which he achieved in the 17th minute with a free kick that began to generate danger in the Uruguayan defense.
But after multiple actions, the Uruguayan team regained control of the ball in the 20th minute and created a counterattack that ended in Uruguay’s 2-0 lead with Darwin Núñez’s goal.
Uruguay continued attacking and putting pressure on Bolivia, which cleared any shot from the Uruguayan forwards and When they had the ball, they tried to reach the rival’s area, which was ineffective for the Bolivian team.
The first half of the match ended with a score of 2-0.Uruguay’s advantage being that with this result it already reached six points and was approaching the quarterfinals of the Copa América.
Second time
For the second half of the duel between Uruguay and Bolivia, The Uruguayan team continued with the same idea of the first half, which was to attack and press to generate the third goal of the match.
Being at minute 50 Uruguay’s first attempt through Federico Valverde and Nicolás de la Cruz that generated a play for the third goal, but it was disabled due to an offside.
After constant pressure from Uruguay, the Bolivian defense began to generate more fouls and at 65 minutes of the second half, The player Yomar Rocha was cautioned with the first yellow card of the match.
Bolivia tried to reinforce the team with two changes and keep the defense solid, something that they cannot achieve, since Uruguay returned to the attack and made it 3-0 by Maximiliano Araújo in the 77th minute.
With the third goal scored, Uruguay scored again in the 81st minute, this time through Federico Valverde for the 4-0 which led to a victory for the Uruguayan team.
However, just one minute from the 90 minutes required Uruguay conceded 5-0 due to a header from Rodrigo Betancur.
With the 90 minutes completed including extra time, Uruguay beat Bolivia 5-0 and added six points, placing it as the leader of group Cwill have to define their classification against the United States on July 1.
