Uruguay cruises past Bolivia with 5-0 victory to claim place in Copa America knockout stages, as mega clash with desperate United States looms on Monday

From nan car horns mimicking nan Uruguayan nationalist anthem while entering nan MetLife Stadium parking lots, to nan pro-Darwin Nunez crowd packing nan little vessel wrong nan venue much than an hr earlier kickoff, nan supporters of nan two-time World Cup winners expected a joyous night. 

And nan Uruguayans sewage 1 successful New Jersey, spending astir of nan crippled successful cruise control, overpowering nan lowly Bolivian opponents astatine each turn. 

An eighth-minute header from Facundo Pellistri group distant Uruguay's berth into nan knockout rounds of Copa America 2024. And astatine nan last whistle, a 5-0 consequence confirmed its spot successful nan last 8 and nan apt acme arsenic Group C winners. 

Bolivia's chances of advancing are each but gone, unless a blowout of Panama, mixed pinch a United States drubbing of nan Uruguay squad that dominated it are successful bid connected Monday. 

In Group C's earlier Thursday contest, Panama upset nan United States, who played pinch 10 men for a dense mostly of nan match, putting nan hosts successful a difficult spot to suffice for nan quarterfinals connected location soil.  

Without Luis Suarez successful nan starting lineup, it genuinely was a breeze for astir of nan South American conflict for Marcelo Bielsa's team. 

Nunez group nan reside for nan crippled successful nan 2nd minute, hardly missing a free header that froze Bolivia goalkeeper Guillermo Viscarra. 

The Liverpool prima did not person to hold agelong for redemption, netting his team's 2nd extremity successful nan 21st minute, his seventh consecutive crippled pinch a extremity for Uruguay. 

It was nan 30th infinitesimal earlier Bolivia sustained existent unit successful nan Uruguay half of nan field, but seldom tested goalkeeper Sergio Rochet connected nan evening. 

The Bolivian supporters successful nan crowd hoped for thing to observe of their own, pinch an evident coup effort taking spot successful nan state complete nan past 2 days.  

Armored vehicles rammed nan doors and soldiers stormed authorities buildings connected Wednesday arsenic a apical authorities charismatic warned of an attempted coup.

The country's President Luis Arce came face-to-face pinch nan wide commandant of nan Army Juan José Zúñiga successful nan hallway of nan Palacio Quemado arsenic chaos unfolded successful nan capital, La Paz. 

But Arce vowed to guidelines patient and slammed nan 'irregular' deployment of troops arsenic tanks and subject men swarmed municipal buildings and tear state filled nan streets. 

Less than an hr later, Arce announced caller heads of nan army, navy and aerial unit amid nan roar of supporters, and thanked nan country's constabulary and location friends for opinionated by him.

Arce said nan troops who roseate against him were 'staining nan uniform' of nan military.

'I bid each that are mobilized to return to their units, said nan recently named service main José Wilson Sánchez. 'No 1 wants nan images we're seeing successful nan streets.'

Yet, those Bolivia fans, heavy outnumbered by their Uruguayan rivals, celebrated participating successful nan continental tourney contempt immoderate troubles backmost successful South America. 

Uruguay added a 3rd extremity successful nan 77th infinitesimal connected a Maximiliano Araujo dribbler that snuck past Viscarra, 

Immediately aft going up 3-0, nan Uruguayan crowds chants  of 'Suarez! Suarez!' filled MetLife Stadium. 

Suarez was subbed connected successful nan 83rd infinitesimal to nan delight of nan Montevideo North crowd, moments aft his squad extended its lead to 4-0 connected a Federico Valverde goal. 

Uruguay put an emphatic stamp connected nan extremity of nan crippled pinch its 5th goal, a powerful header from Rodrigo Bentancur disconnected a transverse from Giorgian de Arrascaeta.