Uruguay beats Paraguay 3-0 in Copa América 2011 Final

Some 60,000 fans gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay to celebrate the country's Copa America 2011 champion squad return home. It's been a long wait since Uruguay last won the Copa in 1995 and now the title belongs to Uruguay again.

Luis Suarez celebrates his goal against
Paraguay in Copa America 2011 final

Uruguay displayed top level game in the first half, as star forward Luis Suarez opened a score on 12' after a pass by Diego Perez. Overall much stronger and with higher possession percentage, Uruguay scored the second goal on the 42', when Arevalo Rios stole the ball from the Paraguay defender and gave a precise pass to Diego Forlán, who took a shot and placed a ball in the net of Justo Villar.

In response to Uruguay's total domination in a first half, Paraguay answered with an attack by Haedo, who hit the crossbar of Uruguay's Fernando Muslera. However, to the disappointment of Paraguay fans, that was not enough to save the game, as Diego Farlan delivered a final blow on the 90', scoring a goal, which ended Paraguay's dream of Copa America 2011 championship title.

"My grandfather won it, my father won it, and now I have also done it," Diego Forlán said in Monumental stadium after the win over Paraguay. “Three generations have won this trophy,” he said. “The name of Forlán will stay in history.”

Diego Forlán goes down in history of Copa America
as a third generation player to participate and win
the the tournament

Luis Suarez was chosen as the best player of the tournament.

Undefeated, Uruguay won the 2011 Copa America for the 15th time in the history of this oldest international championship on the planet.

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Argentina is out of Copa América 2011 with Carlos Tevez's miss on penealty shootout 5-4



Carlos Tevez after missing a disappointing penalty shot.
Uruguay will move on to face Peru in the semi-finals

 Uruguay ended Argentina’s quest for the semi-final, as the game came to the penalty shootout, with Carlos Tevez's penalty miss becoming decisive factor in the quarter-final match. The game proved to be an exciting encounter of such old rivals and did not disappoint football fans. 

After an exhausting round of regular time and additional time, the match came to a stand-still and  penalty shootout became the only option to decide who is going to play in a semi-final game. Penalties came to  5-4, when Carlos Tevez missed a shot, sending his team out of the Copa America 2011.

Gonzalo Higuain equalized on the 17’, which canceled out the earlier goal by Diego Perez of Uruguay. Red card to Javier Maschrano and amazing goaltending by Uruguay’s Fernando Muslera caused the game to go into additional time and eventually to penalty shootout. Uruguay will now face Peru in  the semi-finals, who beat Columbia 2-0. 

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Copa América 2011: Uruguay, Mexico 1 - 0

July 12, 2011, La Plata, Argentina
Mexico international fans were stunned by the loss to Uruguay on Tuesday at La Plata. The game presented a significant challenge for Mexico, while Uruguay's Luis Suarez and Diego Forlan pressed relentlessly on the Mexican defense.

Alvaro Pereira scores a goal against Mexico in a Group C match

 A goal scored at 14' when Diego Forlán's shot slipped out of the grip of the Mexican goalkeeper Michel and Alvaro Pereira, who was standing nearby, pushed the ball into the net. Alternatively there were not too many chances created by the Mexican side and only Giovani dos Santos provided with few opportunities to even the score but failed to capitalize on them.

Diego Forlán and the rest of the Uruguay's squad
will face Argentina in a quarter-final

Mexico was knocked out from Group C and was sent packing home to face the embarrassment at Copa América 2011 without a single win and with a loss to Uruguay in addition to a scandal with suspensions involving nearly half of the team in the early stages of competition.
Uruguay will move on to quarter-finals to face the host Argentina, which is promising to be a very exciting derby.