LATE SURGE: Uruguay narrowly defeats Panama in their Copa America opener, scoring their goals in quick succession near the end of the match

In June 24, the Uruguay team kicked off at Copa America 2024 with a clash against Panama, the weakest team in Group C.

It seemed like the match would go smoothly, when Araujo soon put the home team ahead in the 16th minute of the match, creating a more comfortable psychological momentum for his teammates. But surprisingly, it seemed that being too comfortable made the Uruguayan players play a bit “sloppy” in the following minutes.

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Most of Uruguay’s coordination situations ended with Darwin Nunez, and Liverpool’s striker many times made the spectators come to the stadium to shake their heads with confusing finishing situations. mine.

The opportunities kept coming and going in frustration, but suddenly the goals came one after another at the end of the match, when Darwin Nunez opened fire, after too many previous scoring opportunities in the 85th minute. Then came Matias. Vina in the 90+1 minute put Uruguay ahead 3-0.

Panama also scored a goal in the last minute of injury time thanks to Murillo, closing the match with a final score of 3-1.

Winning on the opening day, Uruguay can be temporarily happy because of the favorable start, but Darwin Nunez certainly cannot be satisfied with his performance.

With much better personnel quality, it is not surprising that Uruguay attacked effectively. In the 16th minute, Maximiliano Araujo scored a masterpiece with an extremely technical kick, helping the South American team advance.

During the time that followed, Uruguay still completely controlled the match. Many opportunities were created by the blue shirt team. However, this was an ungrateful match for striker Darwin Nunez as he squandered many opportunities. Because of that, the first half ended with a 1-goal advantage for the South American representative.

The second half saw the initiative belonging to Panama when the representative of North Central America created many opportunities but could not take advantage. In the 85th minute, striker Darwin Nunez threw his foot to score beautifully, doubling the gap for Uruguay.

At minute 90+1, Matias Vina also scored another goal for Uruguay. For their part, Panama got an honorable goal in the 90+4 minute after Murillo’s basic handling. The match ended with an impressive victory for Nunez and his teammates.