The American match started very exciting, with the USA scoring a goal in the fifth minute, but it was withdrawn, and a few minutes later they were sent off due to an unsportsmanlike foul from referee Timothy Weah. Despite all that, the Americans succeeded in scoring the first goal, in the 22nd minute Folarin Balogun He fired a lovely shot from the penalty area that eventually bounced off the far post. However, the managers couldn’t be happy for long, as just four minutes later the equaliser came from an unbeaten Panama side, when Caesar Blackman After a beautiful solo, he kicked the ball down the right.
For a long time, the second half was less exciting than the first, and we had to wait until the 83rd minute to get the decisive goal. However, at the end of a well-constructed attack Jose Fajardo He scored from close range to give the Panamanians their first win of the tournament. With this success, Panama and the United States each have three points in the third group after two rounds.
The match between Uruguay and Bolivia was much less intense than the other confrontation that took place on Friday morning. Uruguay By making a pellet With his goal, they took the lead in the eighth minute, and shortly after, the Liverpool star was able to double the lead. Darwin to Nunez With this, they can look forward to the second half with a two-goal lead.
After the round, the picture of the match did not change, and the Bolivians maintained their hope until the 77th minute, but they were unable to hold out in the final minutes. And it continues until the explosion Maximiliano Araujo, Federico Valverde And Rodrigo Bentancur He also scored, enabling the Uruguay national team to jump to the top of the group with an easy victory before the final round.
Copa America, United States
Group C, Round 2
Panama – United States 2-1 (Blackman 26, Fajardo 83, clarification Balogun 22.)
Offered: O (United States, 18th place), Carrasquilla (Panama, 88.)
Uruguay – Bolivia, East Rutherford 5-0 (Pellistri 8, Nunez 21, M. Araujo 77, Valverde 81, Bentancur 89.)
