The closing of Group C in the 2024 Copa América was one of the most electrifying due to the number of goals that were scored during the minutes played, leaving one of the great surprises classifying Panama as second and Uruguay as undefeated leader.
In Austin, Panama faced Bolivia, needing a victory, the match was not easy, they started winning in the first half with a goal from Jose Fajardo, who with good technique defined inside the area, later in the second half the Bolivians said goodbye with the goal of honor by Bruno Miranda and at minute 79 Eduardo Guerrero He headed in a pass from Davis, finally Cesar Yanis and in a counterattack he controlled the ball and did not hesitate, sending the ball into the net, sealing the victory.
With this victory the “Canaleros” signed their second victory in the history of the Copa Americathe first was precisely against Bolivia in 2016; and this will be your first qualification to the quarter-finals, because they managed to add up 6 pointspreviously defeated the United States in Atlanta.
The entire Panamanian celebration was achieved because Uruguay gave no respite and beat the United States by the minimum difference (1-0), the goal was from Mathias Olivera At minute 66, after a VAR review, the Uruguayan goal was confirmed. leaves out Gregg Berhalter’s people.
Total shock for an American team that had just put together a team with many players playing in Europe and in high-level leagues, it was not enough and they were eliminated just like Mexico, The two giants of the area have been left out in the group stage of the 2024 Copa América.
On the other hand, Uruguay secures its first place with 9 pointsjoins Argentina and Venezuela achieving the same number of points, the difference is that those led by Marcelo Bielsa scored 9 goalsmore than any other country in the competition.
Bolivia finished as the most mistreated team in the group stage, receiving 10 goals and historically accumulate 15 consecutive defeats in the American championship.
This qualification for the team led by Thomas Christiansen means another achievement, having made it to two consecutive Nations League finals, a Gold Cup final and a place in the top 8 in the Americas.
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