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Manchester United’s Facundo Pellistri had a quiet evening however Uruguay squeezed previous South American giants Brazil on penalties final evening to arrange yet one more mouth-watering tie versus Colombia for a spot within the ultimate.
The Uruguayans have a wealthy historical past within the competitors and continued including to it with a powerful victory the place they performed with ten males for the reason that 74th minute, together with all of additional time.
In a efficiency filled with willpower and grit they solely had 40% of the ball however held the Brazilians largely at bay because the consequence completed 0-0 after 120 minutes.
That they had 12 photographs to Brazil’s seven however just one on the right track, as Darwin Nunez missed a gilt-edged likelihood as he noticed a free header within the first half sail over the bar.
Pellistri had one among his quieter nights in what has been an spectacular match thus far, the place he has scored and assisted a aim.
The 22 yr outdated, who spent final season on mortgage at Granada, was given a rating of 6.7 from Sofascore.
He performed 78 minutes of the match however was subbed off shortly after Nahitan Nandez was proven a pink card and La Celeste needed to change their arrange.
He was solely in a position to have 30 touches within the match and accomplished a paltry 4 passes out of eight makes an attempt.
Naturally, he had no key passes as he was on the ball so little and neither of his two crosses discovered their meant goal.
The younger winger additionally didn’t have any photographs on or off the goal on a irritating evening on a private degree.
He did try to tackle the Brazilian defence and accomplished two out of his 5 dribble makes an attempt. He was additionally fairly wasteful on the ball, giving it away 13 instances through the entirety of the match.
The teen did contribute defensively nonetheless for his aspect as he made one clearance and 5 profitable tackles.
He additionally received eight out of his 15 floor duels and one among his two aerial battles.
Manchester United switch goal Manuel Ugarte was the hero as he slotted in Uruguay’s ultimate penalty within the shootout, after Brazil had missed two of theirs.
Uruguay’s continued involvement within the match will doubtless delay any progress on a deal for the defensive midfielder till after the center of July.
La Celeste will now face Colombia within the semi-finals on Wednesday evening (Thursday morning UK time) for the possibility to face Argentina or Canada within the ultimate. United followers shall be hoping that Uruguay could make it by way of to face Lisandro Martinez and Alejandro Garnacho’s Argentina, so a minimum of one United participant will begin their summer time holidays with the Copa America trophy of their possession.
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