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Manchester United’s Facundo Pellistri had a quiet night time however Uruguay squeezed previous South American giants Brazil on penalties final night time to arrange one more mouth-watering tie versus Colombia for a spot within the last.
The Uruguayans have a wealthy historical past within the competitors and continued including to it with a formidable 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 dedication 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 pictures to Brazil’s seven however just one heading in the right direction, as Darwin Nunez missed a gilt-edged likelihood as he noticed a free header within the first half sail over the bar.
Pellistri had considered one of his quieter nights in what has been an spectacular match to date, the place he has scored and assisted a purpose.
The 22 12 months outdated, who spent final season on mortgage at Granada, was given a rating of 6.7 from Sofascore.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 purple 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 supposed goal.
The younger winger additionally did not have any pictures on or off the goal on a irritating night time on a private degree.
He did attempt 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 in the course of the entirety of the match.
The teenager did contribute defensively nevertheless for his aspect as he made one clearance and 5 profitable tackles.
He additionally received eight out of his 15 floor duels and considered one of his two aerial battles.
Manchester United switch goal Manuel Ugarte was the hero as he slotted in Uruguay’s last penalty within the shootout, after Brazil had missed two of theirs.
Uruguay’s continued involvement within the match will possible 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 night time (Thursday morning UK time) for the possibility to face Argentina or Canada within the last. United followers can be hoping that Uruguay could make it by means of to face Lisandro Martinez and Alejandro Garnacho’s Argentina, so not less than one United participant will begin their summer season holidays with the Copa America trophy of their possession.
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