Copa America

The Copa America opening round play concludes Sunday and Monday. The South American tournament format oddly eliminates only two of ten participating nations after first round play. Liverpool’s Bobby Firmino scored in Brazil’s 2-1 win over Colombia on Wednesday. Thursday action saw Newcastle’s Miguel Almiron bag a goal and an assist in Paraguay’s 2-0 win over Chile while Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani scored in Uruguay’s 2-0 defeat of Bolivia. Paraguay and Uruguay meet in one of the more attractive matches this weekend. Quarterfinal play begins Friday July 2nd.