Uruguay vs. Peru – Half Time Report – Copa America 2011
After the two favourite teams in the Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841, drew their matches in the tournament, it was up to the second favourite team, Uruguay, to do wonders. With a star-studded attack consisting of the FIFA World Cup 2010’s golden
ball winner, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edinson-Cavani-c11955, Uruguay are considered to be one of the teams who can pull off an upset.
Uruguay faced Peru in San Juan. Both the teams fielded an attacking line-up and none of them settled deep during the first half as referee W. Roldan blew the whistle to start the game.
The Uruguayan coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oscar-c28720 Tabarez had to change his formation to a 4-3-3. This system was different that what he played during the FIFA World Cup 2010. Since he has three strikers who are hungry for goals, he decided to field all of them on the pitch.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mauricio-Victorino-c24946 played as a left full back while Maximiliano Pereira played on the right back position. Martin Caceres was
partnered by Diego Lugano in the centre back position.
With a 4-3-3 formation, one of the players in the midfield played as a holding midfield; one as a central midfielder while the third one operated as an attacking midfielder. Egidio Arevalo played in the holding midfield position. He was assisted by Diego
Perez in the central midfield role. Nicolas Lodeiro was the attacking midfielder for the Uruguayans.
The three man attack consisted of Edinson Cavani – Napoli’s last season’s goal scoring sensation; Diego Forlan – the Uruguayan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314 and the man who singlehandedly took his country to the semi finals of the FIFA World Cup 2010; and Luis Suarez – the man
who helped the team with his infamous handball against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ghana-c2905.
With such an extraordinary striking line-up, the Uruguayans were expected to win the game. However, the Peru coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Apraham Markarian, also fielded a 4-3-3 formation and showed that his team wasn’t like other under-rated teams in the competition and
he came forward and played an attacking line-up.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Rodríguez-c4344 and Santiago Acasiete, who
played as centre backs.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 Balbin and Paulo Cruzado.
The three strikers playing for Peru were: the left winger, Jose http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luis-Advincula-c22646; and the centre striker Victor Yotun.
The first half was all about Uruguay’s outstanding and star-studded strikers. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peru-c2981 were the first ones to lead the game. Despite a bright start, Uruguayans were the first ones to lose the lead during the 24th minute when Guerrero was
played clean through by Michael Guevara and the Uruguayan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 was caught sleeping. Guerrero received the ball clearly right in front of the goalkeeper, easily went around him and found the back of the net.
The match was quite even after the goal. Peru did not really sit back and allowed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035 to settle into the game. However, the team led by Diego Forlan finally found the back of the net at the edge of the first half.
It was the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 hero Luis Suarez who given an exquisite through ball by Lodeiro. Suarez easily spun off the defender’s shoulder and coolly finished to find the back of the net.
With the score level in the first half, it clearly showed how both the teams were involved throughout the game. Both of them played outstanding football and even though Uruguay were the favourites to win the game, Peru did not really settle deep to allow
the Uruguayans to come at them.
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