Ronald Araújo's exhibition to lead the unstoppable Uruguay in the Copa América

In a party that finished with a lot of referee's controversy, Uruguay advanced to the quarter-finals of the Glass America 2024. The celestial team, to the equal that Argentina and Venezuela, did it like leader of group and with perfect step, after winning 0-1 to United States, the host of this edition of the tournament. Like this, the charrúas extended his legend to surpass to local groups, as to Brazil in the remembered Maracanazo in the World-wide of 1950 or in the Glass America 2011, in front of the Argentinian of Leo Messi.

This aim reached by Uruguay during the morning of this Tuesday in Spain, further of the big work of Marcelo Bielsa and his group of players, was led definitely by a big defensive work of Ronald Araújo. The central of the FC Barcelona, that added his third titularity in the tournament, went surely the best player of the party with his defensive exhibition, showing again very solvent in front of the rival forwards and leaving backwards any doubt on his physical condition.

Exhibition of Araújo to close the phase of groups

Ronald Araújo played an almost perfect party, so much by up as by down. The charrúa was firm in each opportunity that his selection needed it and finish completing an authentic partidazo, rondando the 8,5 points of average in almost all the skilled webs in analysing the performance of the players, leaving clear that treated of one of his best nights.

The American team put it to proof especially during the first half hour, totalizando besides four intercepciones and three successful entrances. Besides, Araújo finished losing only two duels on the terrain of the five that tried, having also a big tarpaulin in the aerial game with seven of nine duels won in this so important appearance of the game in a competition like the Glass America. The MVP finish him escaping only by the marked goal by his mate of saga Matías Olivera, an action in which United States ensured that the referee of the party had to have signalled offside.

Partidazo Ensured in quarter-finals

With that so much the celestial won and closed first phase with a perfect punctuation: 9 points of 9, nine goals in favour and only one against. Now it will quote with Colombia or Brazil, that the morning of this Wednesday will bump in Santa Clara to define the first and second place of the group D. The Brazilians will need to win yes or yes or will bump in front of the Uruguay of Araújo the morning of the Sunday in The Vegas, in the partidazo of quarter-finals, highlighting besides that the one who finish first of that group will confront to Panama.