Uruguay secures third place in 2024 Copa America after beating Canada on penalties, after equalizing 2-2 in regulation time in the duel that was played at the Bank of America stadium in the city of Charlotte. Beyond the result, remains the duel between the two teams to climb on the podium a particular episode where goalies Sergio Rochet and Dayne St. Clair had an unusual exchange.

The incident occurred during a 12-yard shootout before Canada took its second penalty. While Canada's goalie Sky blue He would settle into the goal waiting for the defender to execute Moses Bombito, Rochet is seen running towards the area where the Canadian goalie was.

As shown in the images shown by the transmission of TyC Sports and as reported by the Uruguayan press, among them Ovationthe sports portal of the newspaper El País, St. Clair threw the Rochet bottle behind the advertisements, in a move that angered the Uruguayan goalkeeper. Reports indicated that this was where the Inter Porto Alegre player had scores on rival scorers, a strategy he had already used successfully against Brazil in the quarter-finals.

After Rochet reprimanded the rival goalkeeper, the one who appeared on the scene was the referee. Alexis Herrera. After avoiding a cross between the two goalkeepers, Venezuelan judge showed St. Clair yellow card after protest. Despite the altercation, the Uruguayan footballer managed to save a decisive penalty and secure victory for Uruguay, who won third place in the Copa América after being excluded from the final due to the defeat against Colombia in the semi-final.

According to Uruguayan media, after concluding the penalty shootout, the two goalkeepers were caught talking off the pitch, apparently leaving aside the controversy that arose in the middle of the definition of the match in Charlotte.

When the duel was over, the one who spoke was Marcelo Bielsa. The Celeste coach was not very satisfied with his team's performance despite the victory on penalties.It was not a good performance“The draw was, at best, barely deserved. I think in some ways the rival coach's assessment of prioritizing physical freshness was more successful than I expected,” he said in the first part of his analysis.

“The process had its ups and downs, the chances generated by one team and another were similar, but the most concrete thing is that we did not play well,” added the Argentine coach.

He then gave a general assessment of what the Copa América was. “Uruguay is one of the three best teams in the competition and given that the tournament involves Central America, North America and South America, being among the top three is deserved and allows us to be optimistic. As a self-criticism linked to my management, we should have played better with continuity, even if there were few teams that played well. Getting the Uruguayan players to get closer to their best level, I did not manage to do that. “We could have played a little better than we played,” he concluded.