Copa America began with a lot of exciting fixtures. As the games passed by, a lot of intriguing results followed. Marcelo Bielsa’s side was at the center of the most entertaining and thrilling performance of the tournament. Despite the presence of the all-time winners Brazil, and the Defending champions Argentina, Uruguay has been most stellar.
Uruguay had won their first two games with a total of eight goals scored. However, er they’ve only conceded one. The first two wins granted them qualifications for the quarterfinals.
Uruguay engaged the USA in the last game of the Copa America tournament. The USA needed a desperate win to get a chance at qualifications. Yet Marcelo Bielsa’s side gave no room for such.
Liverpool star Darwin Nunez who had scored at least a goal in the past 7 Uruguay games unleashed an exceptional display. This allowed Uruguay to outshine the Americans.
Copa America: USA vs Uruguay 0-1 Recap
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Uruguay and the USA engaged in a fierce Copa America game. The two sides matched each other in everything. USA however seemed more desperate in grinding out results. The USA had a lot of dangerous attacks from the likes of Pulisic and Reyna yet they failed to find the back of the net.
USA suffered a blow as their point man Folarin Balogun, was pulled out of the game due to an injury. Uruguay soon had their fair share. One of their most outstanding player so far in the Copa America Maxmiliano Araujo was also stretched out.
The game became more and more intense, forcing out a lot of questionable decisions from the referee Kevin Ortega.
In the 2nd half, Uruguay found the winner after. A free kick from Nicolas De la Cruz saw a header from Barcelona star Ronaldo Araujo. This forced a parry from Matt Turner. The rebound found Olivera who tapped in home.
There were a lot of questions about the validity of the goal. However, VAR gave a green light on the goal. Olivera’s only goal saw the USA out of the Copa America tournament.
Their group ended with Uruguay having 9 points. Panama on the other end came out with 6 points and the USA team could only manage 3 points.
Darwin Nunez’s performance for Uruguay
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Liverpool star has been the subject of criticism in Liverpool’s failure at the EPL title race. The 25-year-old scored 11 goals for Liverpool in the previously concluded season. However, he had a high number of big chances missed. Along with hitting the woodwork 9 times. This created a lot of arguments on the validity of his quality for the club.
Moreover in Uruguay, it’s always a different ball game for Nunez. The Liverpool star has scored for the 7th game in a row for his country. In the Copa America, he already has two goals in three games. Aside from his scoring contribution for Uruguay,y he has been one of the best players on his national team. Also in the ongoing Copa America, he has been outstanding.
His work rate and off-ball contribution as been mesmerizing. The Liverpool star has been known to be extremely Energetic.
In their latest Copa America game against the USA team, he was arguably one of the best players on the pitch. Although he was taken off early.
Nunez’s return back to Merseyside will prompt a lot of tasks for their new coach. This especially on how to utilize the 25-year-old to his best potential.
Marcelo Bielsa on Darwin Nunez
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“Darwin is a player who doesn’t need any kind of support,” Bielsa told a press conference.
“You have to know what it means to play for Liverpool and who he is competing with, and what his cycles were like, when he scored when he stopped scoring, why he stopped scoring. These are things that he manages in proportion to the place he occupies in the football world.
“The only thing that worries me is that… he can do what he does extraordinarily as many times as possible, which is converting, finishing the moves, but choosing where he should direct the shot that provides the right conditions to execute it…
“I insist, it would be a contradiction for me to say that what has value are the goals because I am saying the opposite. What is the best way to accompany that, since he does not need company because he has shown that he can solve it on his own? Trying to give him a lot of balls to score goals.”
