Uruguay beat Canada on penalties and took third place in the Copa América

Uruguay beat Canada on penalties and took third place in the Copa América

Luis Suárez managed to equalise in added time to be the hero of his team once again

Sports.- The Uruguayan national football team closed its participation in the Copa America 2024 with a miraculous victory in the penalty shootout over Canadato stay this way with the third place in the tournament.

Los Charruas They took the lead in the first half thanks to a goal from Rodrigo Betancur, in the 8th minute of the first half. However, after a corner kick was awarded, Ismael Kone noted the 1-1 in the 22nd minute, the result with which they went into the break.

In the second half, The American team took control of the match and created multiple clear goal-scoring opportunities, a situation that ended with the comeback goal by the forward Jonathan Davidwho made it 2-1.

In the 90+1 minute, the historic Luis Suarezhad a great offensive action, but the Canadian goalkeeper, Dayne St. Clairwon the duel in a hand to hand which seemed to guarantee the victory of the North American team.

However, the Charruas They managed to tie the actions miraculously in injury time, when the own Suárez He had his revenge and scored the 2-2 in the 90+2 minute and send the match to a penalty shoot-out.

From the 12 steps, the Uruguayans Valverde, Betancur, De Arrascaeta y Suárez They scored their shots, while goalkeeper Sergio Rochet saved the shot from Kone y Alphonso Davis He crashed his shot into the crossbar to make it 4-3, which gave him the Bronze for Uruguay at the 2024 Copa América.