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With a man down, Uruguay hold Mexico to a draw

July 7-2004 - With a man down, Uruguay managed to earn a 2-all draw at the death with Mexico. Uruguay opened the scoring with Carlos Bueno, but soon after Mexico leveled the scores through Ricardo Osorio. After the break, Mexico reversed the scoreline with a piledriver by Pavel Pardo. Uruguayan coach Jorge Fossati swapped a shy Dario Silva for Ramon Morales, who was sent off in one of his first moves. Despite the man disadvantage, Uruguay managed to restore parity on 87 minutes after a header by defender Paolo Montero. Now, Uruguay will lock horns with Ecuador on Saturday 10th, while Mexico will meet Argentina on the same date.

In the first half, both teams played with caution since it was their debut in the Copa América. Both sides created few opportunities and heavy marking defined the first half. Uruguay broke the deadlock on 42 minutes, when the Mexican defense was caught off-guard for the first time, allowing Diego Forlan to nod the ball to Carlos Bueno, who fired Uruguay into the lead 1-nil. When the referee was about to end the first half, Osorio tried to supply a cross and lobbed keeper Luis Barbat to draw level for Mexico.

The second half started with the same script, with both sides missing a lot of passes. With heavy traffic in midfield, the solution was to attempt shots from long range. On one of these attempts, Mexico reversed the scoring with a blistering strike by Pavel Pardo from outside the box. This goal kicked Uruguay into action and coach Jorge Fossati pressed his team forward. On 80 minutes, Carlos Bueno almost brought the teams level. But on 82 minutes, Ramon Morales, who had just come on, was given his marching orders for a crude challenge. Mexico tried to capitalize on the extra man and moved forward, but after a corner-kick from the right side, defender Paolo Montero rose higher than the Mexican defenders and secured a 2-all tie.

Uruguay: Luis Barbat, Joe Bizera, Paolo Montero, Dario Rodríguez, Gustavo Varela, Marcelo Sosa, Cristian Rodríguez, Omar Pouso (Vicente Sánchez), Carlos Bueno, Diego Forlán (Juan Martin Parodi) and Dario Silva (Richard Morales) Coach: Jorge Fossati.

Mexico: Javier Sánchez, César Davino, Rafael Márquez, Ricardo Osorio, Salvador Carmona, Héctor Altamirano (Jaime Lozano), Pavel Pardo, David Oteo, Octavio Valdez, Jared Borgetti, Francisco Palencia (Adolfo Bautista). Coach: Ricardo Lavolpe.

Source : Global.Terra.com \ Luis Fernando Cesarotti

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