Copa America 2011 – Quarterfinals Preview: Argentina verus Uruguay
One of the biggest clashes of the Copa America takes place in the quarterfinals stage when Argentina meet Uruguay in a knockout tie at Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao Lopez in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santa-Fe-c40443, Argentina on 16th of July,
2011. It will be an interesting matchup between two exciting sides so let’s take a look at how both the teams might line up for their make or break matchup...
Argentina
Hosts of the 2011 Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 have been under constant pressure so far. They haven’t been able to perform to the best of their abilities and that has been their main criticism as well. Argentina came to the Copa America as one
of the powerhouses of Europe but in the end they had to scrape through the group stages to find a place in the quarterfinals against Uruguay.
The tie against Uruguay will not be an easy one for Argentina whose manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Batista-c7379 is still under fire from the Argentinean press for his tactical misgivings. Nonetheless, Argentina should try to put the group stages behind
them and start from a scratch against Uruguay. Argentina won their last group stage encounter against Costa Rica by three goals to nil but before that they failed to impress in their draw against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Colombia-c2873. Argentina did win their FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification
match against Uruguay by a goal to nil in the October of 2009.
Uruguay
Uruguay finished second in Group C behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chile-c2871. The South American giants impressed at the FIFA 2010 World Cup where they made it to the semi-finals of the tournament but this time around they have given a lacklustre impression
thus far. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035 won once and drew twice in the group stages but finished
the first round of the competition unbeaten, which is a remarkable feat in its own right.
Now Forlan and co. will face off against Messi’s Argentina with a semi-final berth at stake. Tabarez has a selection problem which means that he can either go with a three pronged attack of Cavani, Suarez and Forlan or go with
the latter two and put more men in midfield to counter the influence of Lionel Messi.
Team News
Uruguay will http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Forlan to carry them through to the semi-finals but the Atletico Madrid man has had a subdued tournament thus far. Suarez has looked lively but in extremely small dosages so both the strikers need to
come up with the goods against Argentina.
Expected Uruguay line up: Muslera, Pereira, Coates Nion, Lugano, Maximiliano Pereira, Arevalo, Gonzalez, Perez, Rodriguez, Forlan, Suarez
Argentina will depend on Lionel Messi to work his magic once again after he provided two assists against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 forward will be heading the Argentinean midfield from a trequartista
position.
Expected Argentinean line up: Romero, Zabaleta, Milito, Burdisso, Zanetti, Di Maria, Mascherano, Gago, Kun Aguero, Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain
Prediction
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has a knack of performing in these big matches, so expect him to put up a superstar performance for
the hosts. Prediction: Argentina 2 – 1 Uruguay.
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