Kicks, fights and a marked albiceleste superiority starred this Thursday in the duel in which Argentina thrashed Uruguay 5-0 on the third date of group B of the Copa América Femenina Colombia-2022.
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The Centennial Stadium of Armenia was the scene of a new battle of the Río de la Plata classic that was faithful to its history.
From the beginning, the attacker Yamila Rodríguez suffered a hunt by the Charrúa defense, which was about to take her out due to injury in the first half.
But the Argentine rear responded in the same way. In the 43rd minute, Uruguay’s left-back Laura Felipe fell victim to a strong tackle and had to be treated outside the field of play.
Taking advantage of his absence, Argentina scored the first goal. A ball thrown from long distance landed in the Uruguay area, a central defender brushed it with her head back and to her misfortune found Estefanía Banini, who defined the goal.
In response to his inconvenience, in minute 51, Rodríguez crossed almost 60 meters of the field galloping with the ball, joined Banini and put the second.
Another kick against Rodríguez and a fight between several players involved, in minute 64 the third fell for Argentina, the second in the personal account of the Boca Juniors striker.
Five minutes later, Rodríguez was alone in front of the goalkeeper and scored the fourth.
Albiceleste’s DT, Germán Portanova, took the figure out of the match in minute 73, preventing him from receiving kicks from a team that resorted to strong play to hide their weakness.
When the game ended (90 + 5 ‘) Eliana Stabile gave Uruguay a lunge.
The Charrúas have lost all three duels in the Cup (1-0 with Venezuela and 3-0 with Brazil) and were left with no chance of qualifying for the semifinal.
After losing 4-0 to Brazil in their debut, Argentina took it out on the same scoreline against Peru and now leads Group B with Canarinha, who today had a free date.
