The 2024 Copa America
She already has her third place and it is the Uruguayan national team that beat Canada 4-3 on penalties, at the Bank of America, home of the Carolina Panthers.
The match started with both teams looking to score the first of the match with chances that lacked definition in the final instance.
It was quickly in the 8th minute of the match that Rodrigo Bentancur finished off a rebound from a corner and sent the ball into the back of the net to put the 1-0.
There Maple selection He did not stand idly by and Kone He equalized with a superb goal in the 22nd minute, after performing a bicycle kick in the Uruguayan area and putting the score at 1 for the Canadians.
I would conclude the first 45 minutes with a lot of offensive activity from both countries who played seriously the match which took place in Charlotte.
The second half brought down all the decibels and both teams turned the game into a rougher, more physical match that hampered the movement of the ball on the pitch.
Canada began to attack with more intensity Celestial and they managed to turn the situation around thanks to a goal from their star striker Jonathan David at minute 80.
Everything pointed to a historic victory for the team CONCACAF and the hero of the meeting arrived, the “SHOOTER” Luis Suarez At minute 90 to send the game to penalties.
Already in the penalty shootout, the first 4 scorers managed to score their penalties, until the scorer of the Canadian goal, Konehe missed his shot while trying to feint Ratchet and recover his shot without force.
Davies would follow the Canadian disaster in the shootout and miss his penalty to give Uruguay victory and be crowned third in the cup.
With tonight's victoryUruguay has a historical advantage over its rivals CONCACAF in the
Copa America 2024
with eight wins, four draws and four losses.
However, the Sky blue had not won in the last three qualifying matches against these opponents in the Cup: 1-3 against Mexico in the third place match in 2007, 2-2 against Honduras and defeat on penalties for third place in 2001 and 1-2 against Mexico in the 2001 semi-final.
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