translated from Spanish: Uruguay defeated Bolivia 2-0 and entered the quarterfinals of the Copa America

Uruguay consolidated its qualification to the quarterfinals of the Copa America with a 0-2 victory, the first it gets in group A, and with Bolivia practically eliminated with one day to go before the end of this phase. Uruguay accumulates 4 points in an area dominated by Argentina with 7, while Chile with 5 and Paraguay with 3 will look to strengthen their position in the table. The goals for the team led by Oscar Washington Tabárez came in the 40th minute, with an own goal by Bolivian goalkeeper Carlos Lampe, and in the 79th through Edinson Cavani.Uruguay had more initiative to go in front in the first half. Despite this, Bolivia had its clearest chance in the 11th minute with a shot by Rodrigo Ramallo that narrowly sneaks to the side of the stick of Fernando Muslera.Tras that, charrúa’s dominance was greater and was reinforced thanks to some inaccuracies of Bolivia when trying to go out on the attack and look mainly for the game of Juan Carlos ‘Conejo’ Arce , Ramiro Vaca and a moving Jeyson Chura.In the 21st minute, Lampe won a hand-to-hand to Cavani and six minutes later the Bolivian goalkeeper again contained a header from the Manchester United battering ram.However, a bad Bolivian start in the 40th minute generated a Uruguayan counterattack and a center to the Green area followed by a bad clearance from Jairo Quinteros bounced off Lampe and entered the door. In the second half, the coach of Bolivia, the Venezuelan César Farías, proposed a more offensive game with the entry of Henry Vaca, recently recovered from covid-19, and Danny Bejarano.In the 51st minute, Cavani squandered an opportunity that contained ‘el Gigante’ Lampe and a few seconds later Muslera drowned a shot at the door of Ramiro Vaca.La Celeste took advantage of Bolivia’s advance lines to generate a couple of situations through Luis Suarez , but an inspired Lampe prevented the Atletico Madrid striker from increasing the tally. However, the resistance of the Bolivian game fell in the 79th minute after a swift counterattack and the lunge that Cavani tipped to dictate the second goal of Uruguay.Bolivia: Carlos Lampe; Erwin Saavedra, Adrián Jusino, Jairo Quinterios, Roberto Fernández (m.73, Jorge Flores); Ramiro Vaca, Leonel Justiniano, Moisés Villarroel (m.46, Danny Bejarano), Juan Carlos Arce (m.65, Erwin Sánchez); Rodrigo Ramallo (m.60, Marcelo Martins) and Jeyson Chura (m.46, Henry Vaca). Coach: César Farías.Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; José María Giménez, Diego Godín, Mahitan Nandez (m.88, Giovanni González), Matías Viña; Matías Vecino, Federico Valverde, Nicolás de la Cruz (m.61, Rodrigo Betancur), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (m.73, Facundo Torres); Luis Suárez (m.88, Maximiliano Gómez) and Edison Cavani.Selector: Óscar Washington Tabárez.Goles: 0-1, m.40: Carlos Lampe, in own goal. 0-2, m.79: Edinson Cavani.

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