Copa America 2011 – Team of the tournament: Luis Suarez, Diego Lugano and more (Part 3)
Following our coverage of how http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paraguay-c2979 respectively, it is time to conclude
this team of the tournament featured series by taking a look at the remaining players...
Tomas Rincon (Venezuela – Centre Midfield)
The Venezuelan midfielder reminded the fans of old fashioned defensive midfielders with his tackling and distribution throughout the tournament. One would’ve thought that flair would be the order of the day in South American when
Copa America 2011 began but soon it was evident that Rincon was taking no prisoners with his tackles which were well timed and powerful enough to instil some fear into the hearts of his opponents. Rincon’s performances were at the core of a Venezuelan team
which was written off even before the tournament kicked off in Argentina.
Nonetheless, the young defensive midfielder did well in the knockout stages as he assisted Venezuela on their run to the semi-finals where they eventually lost out to Paraguay on penalties. Rincon’s best performance came against
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 and co.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Juan-Arango-c19652 (Venezuela – Centre Midfield)
A popular fan favourite in his country, Arango probably had his last international outing for Venezuela at Copa America 2011 as he might be too old to compete in the FIFA World Cup come 2014 in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858. But Arango once again showed
his countrymen love him so much. He was the heart and soul of Venezuela’s progression to the semi-finals of the Copa America.
Arango assisted one and scored one goal in the competition but his subtle yet effective approach in the central midfield area meant that he was indispensable to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Venezuela-c3039 throughout the competition. Arango now has a total of 100
caps for Venezuela at the international stage, perhaps a fitting time for the veteran playmaker to call it a day?
Luis Suarez (Left forward – Uruguay)
Suarez started the competition slowly but the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 striker soon hit top form at the right time for Uruguay just as the knockout stages were about to begin in Argentina. Suarez’s movement and brilliance in the final third of
the field was the highlight of Uruguay’s triumph in the final match of the tournament against Paraguay. In total, Suarez scored two goals and assisted two as well earning him the player of the tournament award as well. His partnership with Forlan was a deadly
combination for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035 to say the least.
Diego Forlan (Centre forward – Uruguay)
Forlan was subdued for most of the tournament but rose up to the occasion in the last two matches for Uruguay. In the semi-finals he dropped deep to help out his team in the midfield area whilst supplying Luis Suarez up front with
intelligent link up play. In the final, his partnership with Suarez came to fruition for Uruguay as the former assisted Forlan’s goal. In the end, Forlan lifted the Copa America 2011 trophy for Uruguay and in doing so wrote his name into footballing history
for Uruguay.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paolo-Guerrero-c29087 (Right forward – Peru)
Paolo was the star of the show for Peru and given his impressive displays in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 at the 2011 Copa America, he might as well be a favourite to move to a big European club in the remainder of the summer transfer window. Nonetheless,
Guerrero ended up as the tournament’s top scorer despite playing for minnows http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peru-c2981. Leading his team from the front, Paolo scored five and assisted two goals in the competition and in doing so he has caught the eye of scouts from all over the world.
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