Uruguay vs Ecuador (4-0)
Uruguay made their Copa America campaign off to an ideal begin, beating a 10-man South American country 4-0 in the city on Sunday.
Nicolas Lodeiro had given laurels Tabarez’s men a sixth-minute lead before Jose Quintero was sent off for South American country.
That created AN already troublesome task even harder and South American nation capitalized on their numerical advantage within the half through goals from star pair Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez.
Uruguay well saw out their win, supplemental to by AN Arturo minah goal within the half, to secure a dream begins in cluster C, that additionally includes Japan and cheat on great champions Chile.
Diego Godin virtually talented South American country a first-minute opener once AN under-hit back pass before South American nation opened the rating.
Suarez’s cross from the correct found Lodeiro, United Nations agency took two lovely touches before unleashing into the lowest corner on the half-volley.
Uruguay was already on top of things, and therefore the game turned additional within their favor in the twenty-fourth minute.
Quintero created contact with the face of Lodeiro in AN aerial challenge and was shown a yellow card, solely to be sent off by the referee following a drawn-out power unit review.
Uruguay began on from there, Cavani forcing two fine saves from South American country goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez, together with one onto the post once a fun flick.
But the Paris Saint-Germain forward would grow his side’s lead within the thirty-third minute together with his 1st Copa America goal, acrobatically volleying in from shut vary once Godin centered a header.
Uruguay went additional ahead directly before the break, Suarez changing at the rear post once Martin Caceres flicked on a corner from Lodeiro.
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Goals
| 6′ | Uruguay | N. Lodeiro |
| 33′ | Uruguay | E. Cavani |
| 44′ | Uruguay | L. Suarez |
| 78′ | Uruguay | A. R. Mina Meza (o.g.) |
Uruguay Lineups
| 1 | Fernando Muslera |
| 22 | Martín Cáceres |
| 2 | José Giménez |
| 3 | Diego Godín |
| 17 | Diego Laxalt |
| 8 | Nahitan Nández |
| 5 | Matías Vecino |
| 6 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| 7 | Nicolás Lodeiro |
| 9 | Luis Suárez |
| 21 | Edinson Cavani |
Ecuador Lineups
| 22 | Alexander Domínguez |
| 17 | José Quintero |
| 2 | Arturo Mina |
| 21 | Gabriel Achilier |
| 19 | Beder Caicedo |
| 15 | Jefferson Intriago |
| 18 | Jefferson Orejuela |
| 16 | Antonio Valencia |
| 10 | Ángel Mena |
| 11 | Ayrton Preciado |
| 13 | Enner Valencia |
Uruguay – Ecuador Match Statistics
Uruguay |
Ecuador |
|
| 16 | Shots Total | 2 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 1 |
| 4 | Shots blocked | 0 |
| 12 | Shots inside box | 1 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 9 | Corners | 1 |
| 4 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 61% | Possession Time | 39% |
| 515 | Passes Total | 341 |
| 430 | Accurate Passes | 257 |
| 83% | Accurate Passes% | 75% |