At last Uruguay Wins Copa Cup 2011

At last Uruguay wins copa cup 2011. At 8pm by the British Summer Time the Final match was started. It really is summer out there in that time and the 2011 Copa America final is underway, the kick-off greeted by a primal roar from their supporters. Uruguay, kicking from right to left, gets us going. The first foul comes after just 46 seconds, Zeballos bringing down Maxi Pereira. Uruguay is well on top. Paraguay are all over the place. Within 9 minutes Uruguay had five corners already. Paraguay are a mess. 10 min: At last, Paraguay give themselves some breathing space with an incisive break through the middle. Zeballos finds room on the right side of the area, but Coates defends superbly, although he can't prevent the corner, which is a waste of time anyway.

After 12 min Uruguay have started this match superbly, Paraguay have been a rabble. Given the way they have defended in this tournament though, the manner of this goal comes as a surprise though. The defending was appalling. It all came from a harmless long ball lobbed into the area. Veron won the first header, but didn't get much distance on it. After a bit of scrapping outside the area, eventually Maxi Pereira tried to volley it back into the box. His effort took a huge deflection and suddenly fell to the feet of the unmarked Suarez on the right side of the area. With a clear sight of goal, he superbly sold Veron a dummy, ducking inside and then hitting a low shot towards the right corner. His shot took a big deflection off Veron's knee though, leaving the statuesque Villar helpless as the ball spiraled into the opposite corner, but Uruguay deserve that slice of luck.

 Uruguay are closing in on a record 15th Copa America title now. Paraguay were their own worst enemies here, stroking the ball around aimlessly at the back. Facing his own goal and with no idea what was going on behind him, Ortigoza dawdled on the ball just outside the area. The excellent Arevalo Rios was quickly all over him, and once he pinched the ball, there was inevitability to this. Paraguay were caught woefully short as Arevalo shuffled the ball to the left for Forlan, who caught the ball perfectly with his left foot, his shot from 15 yards out whistling past the exposed Villar, who must be wondering why he bothers. What a marvelously clean strike.

At the ending moment of the game How fitting that Diego Forlan should put the seal on Uruguay's 15th Copa America title. And what an exquisite counter-attacking goal as well. After Paraguay's corner was cleared, Uruguay broke, Cavani set clear on the left. He had both Suarez and Forlan to pick out, and decided to pick out the former, clipping the ball to his right. Instead of taking it on, Suarez unselfishly just cushioned a sublime header through to Forlan - rather like Dennis Bergkamp's assist for Patrick Kluivert against Argentina in 1998 - and the striker strolled through and rolled a classy finish past Villar and into the bottom-right corner.

The Final whistle blows, Uruguay are the 2011 Copa America Champions and more to the point. They are now the most successful team in the Tournament’s History.

                                                  Presentations Ceremony

                                              Paraguay go up to collect their runners-up medals.

                                             goalkeeper of the tournament: Justo Villar (Paraguay)

                                                      Diego Lugano lifts an award for fair play.

                                                 Uruguay collect their medals from Sepp Blatter.

                                                         Best Player of the Tournament: Suarez

                                For the 15th time in their history, Uruguay lift the Copa America trophy.

Uruguay: Muslera; Maxi Pereira, Luganno, Coates, Caceres; Gonzalez, Perez, Arevalo Riosm, Alvaro Pereira; Forlan, Suarez. Subs: Castillo, Silva, Godin, Gargano, Rodriguez, Eguren, Lodeiro, Abreu, Hernandez, Scotti, Cavani.

Paraguay: Villar; Piris, Da Silva, Veron, Marecos; Riveros, Ortigoza, Caceres, Vera; Valdez, Zeballos. Subs: Diego Barreto, Fernandez, Alcaraz, Caceres, Edgar Barreto, Martinez, Barrios, Estigarribia, Perez.