Uruguay - Canada (7am, July 14): Salvaging honor

Canada and Uruguay suffered defeats in the semi-finals. Both teams lost, but the moods of the two teams were certainly completely different. If Canada lost to Argentina with aplomb, with their heads held high because they had shown their best ability, Uruguay would certainly feel frustrated and tormented by the unbelievable defeat to Colombia.

That was a match where they created many opportunities, had more players in the second half, but their poor finishing ability and hasty mentality made them lose everything. Even a player with a lot of experience in combat like Suarez was no longer himself, with an easy situation in the 71st minute but he sent the ball hitting the post.

At this point, Uruguay can only salvage their honor with a victory in the third-place match.

If they beat Canada, Uruguay will have their best result in two decades, since they finished third in the Copa America in 2004.

Uruguay is in a higher position than Canada (black shirt)

Form, head-to-head history

But with the position of the most successful team in South American history (15 championships, equal to Argentina), Uruguay certainly wants more than that.

Overall, this was an unsuccessful tournament for Uruguay in terms of their form and preparation.

In the last 20 matches since losing to Portugal to be eliminated from the 2022 World Cup in the group stage, Uruguay has lost only 2 matches, the remaining 15 victories. Even more formidable is that they have won both Argentina and Brazil, the only team in the past year to do so.

Uruguay's 75% win rate is very impressive. That is the luggage for this team to confidently aim for the goal of reaching the Copa America final.

If we put Canada and Uruguay on the scale, it is clear that the North American team is far behind in many aspects. In the last 20 matches, Canada lost 8 and won only 8, achieving a winning rate of 40%, only more than half of Uruguay's, not to mention that Canada's opponents are much easier than Uruguay's, with most of them being very weak teams in CONCACAF.

Not stopping there, if Canada advanced to the semi-finals with only 2 goals, Uruguay maintained their winning streak from the group stage, they scored 9 goals against their opponents. Unfortunately, in both knockout matches against Brazil and Colombia, Uruguay did not score a single goal.

In a situation where they must beat Canada to save their honor, Uruguay will certainly have to reactivate their attack to pave the way to victory.

Force information

Looking at the faces in the lineups of the two teams, fans can see the huge difference. In the third place match, Canada is facing the risk of losing their number one star Alphonso Davies due to injury, while Uruguay still has a strong squad with Nunez, Ugarte, Gimenez, Araujo, all of whom are stars playing for the strongest clubs in the world.

After the incident of Darwin Nunez punching a fan in the stands, this team faces a suspension for 10 members. But the punishment will only be applied after Copa America 2024. Names like Nunez, Caceres, Araujo, Gimenez... can still play in the match against Canada to bring home a victory, thereby restoring the trust of fans.