Uruguay vs Chile

08/07/2011

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Today’s secondary featured game is the Copa America game between Uruguay and Chile.

I have to favour Uruguay to win this game, to be blunt. They’re a much better side than Chile when you consider the variety and strength all over the park that they have. The one area that Chile can match (and possibly even better) Uruguay is in midfield. I don’t know how Suazo is going to find a way past Lugano etc. because Uruguay are very solid at the back. Chile can pass the ball around all they want to – I just don’t see them doing much with it. Winger Sanchez is always going to be a threat, as are their dazzling playmakers, but Uruguay tend to play two or three rough midfielders deep in a 4-3-3 and that would help them a lot against Chile. Indeed, I’d be more concerned about how Chile are going to cope with Cavani, Forlan, and Suarez in a terrifying three-pronged attack, to be honest. Uruguay should have beaten Peru last match but didn’t surprisingly conceding early on from a Peru counter-attack and failing to take their chances to win the game when the scoreline was 1-1, the most notable of which fell to Forlan, surprisingly. Chile eventually overcame Mexico in their last match after surprisingly falling behind against Mexico’s B/C team and taking their time to score enough goals to win the game, which wasn’t very surprising with the above in mind.

I think it’s time for Uruguay to do the business tonigh though. Chile aren’t as good as Peru are at defending and I don’t rate their striker highly enough to consider them winning this game. I can only see Uruguay winning this one so taking a Uruguayan win with their superior firepower looks appealing here, especially with draw no bet being priced as long as 4/5 in some bookmakers!

Verdict: Uruguay to win with draw no bet at 4/5.

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