Uruguay had to suffer and a goal from Luis Suarez, which ended the match, avoided a mistake against Canada, who had put it on the ropes and were innocent. After 2-2 in the 90 minutes, those led by Marcelo Bielsa won 4-3 on penalties.
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The Copa America title will be decided this Sunday, when Argentina and Colombia play the final at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with sold-out tickets and hopes alight.
The Canadians had to wait until almost the end of the match to get a victory they had long deserved. However, it was Marcelo Bielsa's side who took the lead after 6 minutes, when Rodrigo Bentancur finished off a half-turn in the area after receiving a headed ball from Sebastián Cáceres.
From that point on, the game was all, in stride, for Canada. In the 22nd minute, Ismail Kone equalized with a strange definition, back to goal, taking advantage of the authorization of Moise Bombito and the doubt of the beginning. of the goalkeeper Sergio Rochet.
The final minutes of the match were thrilling. Canada, who had long deserved the win, made it 2-1 in the 80th minute when Jonathan David received a rebound from goalkeeper Rochet after a shot from Kone and sent the ball into the back of the Uruguayan net.
However, Canada was innocent, turned to attack in search of the third, neglected the defense and Uruguay took advantage, who in a quick counterattack equalized the score at 88, with a pass from José María Giménez and a shot from the stainless steel. Luis Suarez. This brought the match to a tiebreaker from the penalty spot.
This was the definition of the penalty spot between Canada and Uruguay.
Canada began to charge. Uruguay did not miss any of its four collections: Valverde, Bentancur, De Arrascaeta and Luis Suárez. Koné, who had been the figure of the match participating in both goals, missed the third of his team, a weak shot that Rochet guessed, then the more experienced, Alphonso Davies, wanted to bite it: his shot touched the horizontal and fell in front of the arch, but outside. Thus, Uruguay took third place.
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