http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 2011
Uruguay faced Mexico in an important Group C fixture of the Copa America 2011. Uruguay had to win this game in order to qualify for the next round as a second placed team as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peru-c2981 and made their first position solid in the points table.
The Uruguayan coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-c13609 Tena played the same formation of 4-4-2.
For the Uruguayans, Muslera featured in between the sticks as a goalkeeper and he was assisted by four defenders. Pereira, Lugano, Coates and Pereira featured in the defensive roles.
The four midfielders for the Uruguayans were Perez, Arevalo, Gonzalez and Rodriguez. These four midfielders played in a usual midfield formation as Perez and Arevalo featured in the centre midfield roles while Gonzalez and Rodriguez featured on the right and left flanks respectively.
The two strikers who were aided by a four man midfield were Luis Suarez and Diego Forlan. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edinson-Cavani-c11955 was dropped from the starting line-up after his unsatisfactory performance in the first two matches.
On the other hand, Michel featured in between the sticks as the goal stopper for Mexico. He was also aided with four defenders. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Araujo-c6435, Reynoso, Chavez, and Mier Alanis were the players who featured in the defensive roles.
The four man midfield consisted of one holding midfielder and one centre midfielder. Enriquez took care of the holding midfield position while the central midfielder was Aguilar. Reyes operated on the left flank while Javier Aquino took care of the right flank.
The two man attack which was aided by a four man midfield consisted of Dos Santos and Marquez Lugo.
It took Uruguay only twelve minutes to open the scoring. The free kick was taken by the Uruguayan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Pereira-c5297 was on his toes as he poked the ball in and found the back of the net. It was a good start taken by the Uruguayan side as their 4-4-2 formation seemed to be working out.
The match reflected the Uruguayan dominance on the ball and how they kept on trying to find more goals. Two minutes later, Diego Forlan again made an attempt on goal from 25 yards out. Michel was present to cover it up for the Mexicans with a diving block. Luis Suarez was present on the rebound but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453 got hold of the ball really quickly.
The Mexicans got their first chance on goal during the 22nd minute. It was Dos http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c40446 who tried to take a long ranged shot on goal. The ball travelled fast but Muslera made a perfect diving save to keep the lead intact.
Just before the half hour mark, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maxi-Pereira-c25004. The cross was well taken by the Uruguayan captain who tried to thump it towards the goal from 16 yards out. Despite such an outstanding attempt, his shot only managed to find the cross bar. It could easily have been the second goal for the Uruguayans.
The first half ended with Uruguay dominating most of the game. Diego Forlan was the most creative player for the Uruguayans despite missing two outstanding chances to add to the Uruguayan lead.
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