Copa America has gathered. Even though there is no live TV broadcast in India, many people are on the internet with Copa fever. Bengali football lovers are sitting in front of Copa at seven in the morning, fighting with night sleep after watching the Euro or T20 World Cup at night. Copa did not disappoint them today. Uruguay unleashed a flood of goals against Bolivia at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey early today, Indian time. Uruguay went to the knockout stage from the top of the group by scoring five goals against Bolivia in the Group C match today.
Manchester United’s Facundo Pellistri started the goal-show in theighth minutees of the match. Darwin Nunez scored the second goal in the twenty fir-t minute with a strong left foo- shot. No mThere were noe goals in the first half. However, in the second half, Uruguay started attacking again. In the seventy-seventh minute, winger Maximiliano Araujo increased the gap to three goals. Even then, Marcelo Bielsa did not want to give up. Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde scored two more goals in the eighty-first minute, and Rodrigo Bentancur scored minutes before the end of the game.
In the other match of the group, Panama surprised again. The opponents of Panama, a small country located at the junction of the two American continents, were the host nation, the nation, the United States. Panama beat America 2-1. Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Arena was practically buzzing around this match. There were numerous fouls, and several times the referee had to stop the discontent among the players. After 18 minutes, America’s Team Ouiah saw a red card. In the beginning, however, America was ahead. Panama dominated the rest of the match. They were ahead in possession of the ball. 13 shots on goal. Even if Panama’s Adalberto Caraquilla saw a red card in the 88th minute, America could not take any advantage.
America is under pressure after the match. The team will not be able to play this in the next match. On top of that, Uruguay conceded five goals against Bolivia, and America must win the next match. Meanwhile, the next match is against Uruguay. There are football players from several big clubs. Coaching Bielsa’s team is not easy. In the current state of the points table, if America loses against Uruguay and Panama loses against Bolivia, Panama will go to the knockout stage. Even if it is a draw, we have to look at the Panama match. All in all, the fight is over.
