5-0！ The third winning team in the Copa America was born, Messi ushered in the biggest opponent in the championship, and Brazil panicked

Chat about the ball in the middle of the mountain

2024-06-28 10:57

On the morning of June 28, Beijing time, in the two matches of the second round of Group C of the Copa America, the United States lost 1-2 to Panama at home, which made the promotion situation of Group C abrupt. The other game was played by Uruguay against Bolivia, in the first half, Araujo assisted Pellistri to open the scoring, Nunez extended the score, and in the second half, Araujo, Valverde, and Bentancur scored three goals in a row, and finally Uruguay beat Bolivia 5-0 and advanced early.

Uruguay is ranked 14th in the world and is second only to Brazil and Argentina, two supergiants in South American football. Uruguay also has a long history, having won the World Cup twice in 1930 and 1950, behind Brazil (5) and Argentina (3). In the history of the Copa America, Uruguay has been even more impressive, winning the title 15 times, joint with Argentina at the top of the table.

Most of the players in the Uruguayan squad play in the five major European leagues, Suarez is a generation of Uruguayan strikers, now 37 years old, this Copa America is Suarez's last Copa America, Nunez has become Uruguay's new generation of strikers, and now plays for Liverpool in the Premier League. Uruguay's most expensive player in the squad is Real Madrid's midfielder Valverde, while Barcelona's Araujo, Atletico Madrid's Gimenez and Napoli's Oliveira are among the favourites to win the Copa America.

Uruguay vs. Bolivia, Bielsa sent a starting lineup of 370 million euros, Nunez was in the front position, Pellistri, De La Cruz, M-Araujo sat in the midfield, Valverde, Ugarte Tower was in the back, Nandez, Araujo, Oliveira, Viña formed the defensive line, and Rochete guarded the door. Bolivia's starting lineup is worth only 7.7 million euros, a huge difference from Uruguay. In the first round, Uruguay beat Panama 3-1 and Bolivia lost 0-2 to the United States.

In the 7th minute of the game, the Uruguayan midfielder launched an attack with a long pass, Araujo's header in the penalty area, and Petestri leaned over in front of the goal to push the ball into the empty goal, Uruguay got off to a dream start, leading Bolivia 1-0, and Pellistri also became the youngest player to score in the Copa America in the past 9 years. In the 20th minute, Uruguay counterattacked, M-Araujo broke through on the left and sent a through pass, Nunez stepped forward into the penalty area and volleyed from a small angle to score, Uruguay expanded the score and led Bolivia 2-0. It is worth mentioning that Nunez has scored seven times in a row for Uruguay, scoring 10 goals and providing one assist. In the second half, Araujo scored in a row to give Uruguay a 3-0 lead. In the 81st minute, Valverde scored a goal from an assist from Pellistri, and in the 89th minute, Bentancur locked the score at 5-0.

After this campaign, Uruguay won both games and advanced to the quarterfinals, Uruguay under the tutelage of Bielsa, growing rapidly, in the South American zone of the World Preliminary Tournament, Uruguay defeated Brazil and Argentina in succession. In this Copa America, with Uruguay's current state and performance, it will become Messi's biggest opponent to win the championship, and the Brazilian team in the same half of the region drew in the first game of Group D, which makes it very likely that the Brazilian team can only end up in second place in the group, and in the quarterfinals, the Brazilian team may meet Uruguay in advance.

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