Copa América

Uruguay vs Panama, 2024 Copa América, Group Stage

· Copa América
Uruguay
  • 16': Maximiliano Araújo
  • 85': Darwin Núñez
  • 90'+1': Matías Viña
FT
3 - 1
Panama
  • 90'+4': Michael Murillo

Copa América 2024: Uruguay beat Panama to open campaign

Uruguay opened their Copa America campaign with a 3-1 win over Panama on Sunday but head coach Marcelo Bielsa was quick to temper expectations and said they must continue to improve.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Manuel Ugarte.
  • 3': Corner, Panama. Conceded by Matías Viña.
  • 4': Foul by José Fajardo (Panama).
  • 4': Matías Viña (Uruguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Roderick Miller.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Mathías Olivera (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matías Viña.
  • 6': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Roderick Miller.
  • 7': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Edgardo Fariña.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgian de Arrascaeta with a cross following a corner.
  • 9': Amir Murillo (Panama) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay).
  • 11': Attempt saved. Adalberto Carrasquilla (Panama) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Roderick Miller.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Facundo Pellistri with a cross.
  • 15': Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by José Córdoba (Panama).
  • 15': Facundo Pellistri (Uruguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 15': Foul by Éric Davis (Panama).
  • 16': Goal! Uruguay 1, Panama 0. Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matías Viña.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Matías Viña.
  • 18': Federico Valverde (Uruguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 18': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Panama).
  • 19': Attempt saved. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nahitan Nández with a cross.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Manuel Ugarte (Uruguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 19': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by José Córdoba.
  • 23': Offside, Uruguay. Maximiliano Araújo is caught offside.
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Cristian Martínez (Panama).
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Ronald Araujo (Uruguay).
  • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 28': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Uruguay).
  • 28': Yoel Bárcenas (Panama) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Edgardo Fariña (Panama).
  • 28': Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Valverde with a cross.
  • 30': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Panama) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Uruguay).
  • 32': Amir Murillo (Panama) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Uruguay).
  • 35': Offside, Uruguay. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
  • 37': Attempt missed. José Fajardo (Panama) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Puma Rodríguez.
  • 39': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Éric Davis.
  • 42': Offside, Panama. José Fajardo is caught offside.
  • 45': Offside, Uruguay. Ronald Araujo is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. José Fajardo (Panama) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Uruguay 1, Panama 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Uruguay 1, Panama 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Uruguay. José Giménez replaces Ronald Araujo.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nahitan Nández with a cross.
  • 48': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Amir Murillo.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Federico Valverde (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matías Viña.
  • 50': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by José Fajardo.
  • 51': Foul by José Giménez (Uruguay).
  • 51': Roderick Miller (Panama) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Attempt missed. José Fajardo (Panama) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a fast break.
  • 55': Cristian Martínez (Panama) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Foul by José Giménez (Uruguay).
  • 56': Attempt missed. Roderick Miller (Panama) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Éric Davis following a set piece situation.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Puma Rodríguez (Panama) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amir Murillo.
  • 58': Corner, Panama. Conceded by Facundo Pellistri.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Puma Rodríguez (Panama) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 59': Corner, Panama. Conceded by Sergio Rochet.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Adalberto Carrasquilla (Panama) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 60': Substitution, Uruguay. Sebastián Cáceres replaces Mathías Olivera.
  • 60': Substitution, Uruguay. Nicolás de la Cruz replaces Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
  • 61': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Uruguay).
  • 61': Yoel Bárcenas (Panama) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 64': Foul by Nahitan Nández (Uruguay).
  • 64': Éric Davis (Panama) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Substitution, Panama. Jovani Welch replaces Cristian Martínez.
  • 65': Facundo Pellistri (Uruguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Roderick Miller (Panama).
  • 66': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Edgardo Fariña.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás de la Cruz following a corner.
  • 68': Delay in match because of an injury Nahitan Nández (Uruguay).
  • 68': Jovani Welch (Panama) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Uruguay) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Facundo Pellistri.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Nicolás de la Cruz (Uruguay) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Maximiliano Araújo.
  • 73': Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Edgardo Fariña.
  • 76': Foul by José Giménez (Uruguay).
  • 76': José Fajardo (Panama) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Amir Murillo (Panama) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 79': Foul by Nicolás de la Cruz (Uruguay).
  • 79': Puma Rodríguez (Panama) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Puma Rodríguez (Panama).
  • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 84': Substitution, Panama. Eduardo Guerrero replaces José Fajardo.
  • 84': Substitution, Panama. Freddy Góndola replaces Puma Rodríguez because of an injury.
  • 85': Substitution, Uruguay. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Federico Valverde.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás de la Cruz with a cross.
  • 85': Goal! Uruguay 2, Panama 0. Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  • 88': Amir Murillo (Panama) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Foul by Maximiliano Araújo (Uruguay).
  • 89': Substitution, Panama. Abdiel Ayarza replaces Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  • 89': Substitution, Panama. Kahiser Lenis replaces Yoel Bárcenas.
  • 89': Foul by Éric Davis (Panama).
  • 89': Nicolás de la Cruz (Uruguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Éric Davis (Panama).
  • 90': Nahitan Nández (Uruguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+1': Goal! Uruguay 3, Panama 0. Matías Viña (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás de la Cruz with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Abdiel Ayarza (Panama).
  • 90'+3': Nicolás de la Cruz (Uruguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Abdiel Ayarza (Panama) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Uruguay).
  • 90'+4': Goal! Uruguay 3, Panama 1. Amir Murillo (Panama) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Freddy Góndola.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Uruguay 3, Panama 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Uruguay 3, Panama 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 9
4 Saves 2
45.3 Possession 54.7
10 SHOTS 20
3 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
260 Accurate Passes 315
332 Passes 392
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 11
16 Crosses 27
0.0 Cross % 0.4
45 Long Balls 52
14 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 5
9 Effective Tackles 9
12 Tackles 20
0.8 Tackle % 0.5
7 Interceptions 7
23 Effective Clearances 15
23 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: Copa América

Venue: Hard Rock Stadium
Location: Miami Gardens, Florida, USA
Attendance: 33,425

Line-Ups

URU Uruguay (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Sergio Rochet (GK)
16 Mathías Olivera
4 Ronald Araújo
17 Matías Viña
8 Nahitan Nández
10 Giorgian de Arrascaeta
5 Manuel Ugarte
15 Federico Valverde
19 Darwin Núñez
20 Maximiliano Araújo
11 Facundo Pellistri
Uruguay Substitutes:
Gullermo Varela, Nicolás de la Cruz, Nicolás Marichal, Cristian Olivera, Agustín Canobbio, Brian Rodríguez, José María Giménez, Franco Israel, Luis Suárez, Emiliano Martínez, Brian Ocampo, Rodrigo Bentancur, Sebastián Cáceres, Santiago Mele, Lucas Olaza.

PAN Panama (5-4-1)

No. Name
22 Orlando Mosquera (GK)
3 José Córdoba
25 Roderick Miller
24 Edgardo Fariña
15 Éric Davis
23 Michael Murillo
8 Adalberto Carrasquilla
6 Christian Martínez
10 Édgar Bárcenas
7 José Luis Rodríguez
17 José Fajardo
Panama Substitutes:
Ismael Díaz, Eduardo Anderson, Jovani Welch, Abdiel Ayarza, Iván Anderson, Freddy Góndola, Luis Mejía, Kahiser Lenis, Carlos Harvey, César Yanis, César Blackman, Omar Valencia, César Samudio, Eduardo Guerrero.

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