While most of the attention this summer is on the Euro, the Copa América also began last week, and with Liverpool players involved for Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia, on Sunday Darwin Núñez and Uruguay began their tournament.
Facing Panama in an expanded edition of the Cup that includes CONCACAF teams from North and Central America, Uruguay ultimately won 3-1 with Núñez scoring what ended up being the second game-winning goal for Marcelo Bielsa’s team. the light blue.
However, the story of the night for many was less about Núñez’s goal and more about his energy and his failures. That is, the chaos he brings to the field that more often than not, when he keeps pushing, leads to good things happening.
“In the end everything is fine when I can score goals,” he said after the game. “If I’m going to make five or 10 mistakes, I’m going to try it 11 times. That’s what a forward has to do. Don’t worry when you fail five, you have to keep trying and never give up.
“If you give up, nothing will work out. That is why it is always important to start with a victory, and we all know that the first game of a tournament is always difficult, but this time we got the result here and we are very happy and now we try to grow from here.”
Next up for Uruguay is Bolivia on Thursday, followed by the United States next Monday, with the top two teams in the group (Uruguay and the United States expected in Group C) then advancing to the knockout rounds as part of the final eight. .
