THE BARÇA CENTRAL CENTER WAS REPLACED AT THE BREAK
Uruguay convinces in its debut in the Copa América in an eventful match by Ronald Araújo (3-1)
Published:24/06/2024 - 09:58h
Updated:25/06/2024 - 04:02h
The Copa América continues to play its first day of the group stage and Ronald Araújo's Uruguay achieved a valuable victory in its debut. But the match was very complicated from a physical point of view, especially for the Barça defender
Uruguay debuted the morning of this Monday in the Glass America 2024. The team of the culé Ronald Araújo did it confronting to Panama in the Hard Rock Stadium of Miami, a duel that finished with a worked triumph (3-1) for the charrúas, convincing from the game and from the attitude, although with a lot of difficulties from the physical subject of any of his players, including to the own defence of the FC Barcelona.
And it is that so much Araújo, as Mathías Olivera, had to abandon the field of game of premature form by physical problems. Justo before the halftime, the defender of the Barça suffered a molesita in the ankle that left it visibly sense. So much that so the player remained tended in the field of game during a pair of minutes and was substituted by the colchonero José María Giménez.
Ronald Araújo could not complete the party by bad hydratation
Already in mixed zone, Araújo besides explained the true cause of his replacement did not go by the hit but a problem of pressure. "I felt dizzy a bit. It went down me the pressure when arriving to changing rooms and the doctor gave me a bit of water, but could not follow. It did too heat and do not take care me very well with the hydratation... And almost me fainting", explained the third Barcelona captain.
Uruguay attained to close a very important victory
In spite of this, Uruguay debuted and won, finally by 3-1. In the first time the team of Marcelo Bielsa closed with a 1-0 partial after a golazo of Maximiliano Araújo, but could have been elder the difference after at least three clear opportunities of Darwin Núñez. This situation opened step to the growth of Panama in the second time, being able to even empatar, but the celestial group finished sentencing the duel in the last 10 minutes.
From the entry of Rodrigo Bentancour arrived two goals more, finally one of Darwin, and another of Matìas Vineyard. Panama would finish discounting in the last instant, with a very good goal of Michael Murillo that served so that the party did not finish in goleada. Like this, the team of Araújo achieved his aim to debut with a victory, in spite of all the problems that confronted, and now the Thursday (morning of the Friday in Spain) will go in front of Bolivia in the Met Life of New York, a party in which the central of the Barça would have to be available.