With a late goal by Edison Cavani, the Uruguayans beat their Chilean side at the Maracana Stadium in the final round of the Copa America, the first round of the Copa America.
The Celeste team took the lead in Group C in the first round of the tournament, lifting the score to seven points. Second-placed La Rioja slipped to second place with six points. The two teams had already qualified for the second round (the quarter-finals) before going into this game, which settled only the top of the group for the companions Suarez and Cavani.
With that win, the Uruguayans avoided a very tough encounter with their Colombian counterpart, who will meet Chile in an early final match at the time when Uruguay meet Peru in the quarter-finals.
The first half of the game ended in a goalless draw that lasted until the 82nd minute when the Uruguayans scored the only goal with a header from Cavani striker Paris Saint-Germain.
The two teams did not offer the strong performance expected of them in this crucial standings at the top of the group, but the Uruguayans were the most offensive as he sought to move away from Colombia, which became the only team that won all three games in the first round of the tournament.
In the second game of the same group, Japan and Ecuador came out of the tournament after a positive 1-1 draw and their third and fourth place respectively in Group C.
With the equalizer, the Samurai raised the score to just two points and remained in third place in the third group, and the Ecuadorians scored their first point in the tournament to remain in fourth place last.
It was Japan who started the game by Shoya Nakajima (15) and Angel Mena tied for Ecuador (35th).