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58% Ball Possession URUGUAY and 42% Ball Possession JAPAN
URUGUAY 2 – 2 JAPAN 
32′ Luis Suárez (pen) 25′ Koji Miyoshi
66′ José Giménez 59′ Koji Miyoshi
The second matchday in Group C ended with a thriller draw on Thursday 20 June 2019 for the Copa America at the Arena do Gremio in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Uruguay were down twice and came from behind to claim a point and avoid losing the match.
Official lineups – formations:
URUGUAY: Fernando Muslera; Martín Cáceres, Diego Godín, José María Giménez, Diego Laxalt, Nahitan Nandez, Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Torreira, Nicolás Lodeiro, Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani.
Head Coach: Óscar Tabárez
JAPAN: Kawashima; Sugioka; Ueda, Itakura, Tomiyasu, Iwata, Gaku, Nakajima, Miyoshi, Hiroki Abe and Okazaki.
Head Coach: Hajime Moriyasu
There are 4 Italian Serie A players called up by Uruguay Head Coach Óscar Tabárez in the 23-man Squad for the Copa America:
- ✅ Juventus defender Martín Cáceres (Played all 90 minutes)
- ✅ Inter midfielder Matías Vecino (Subs, did not play)
- ✅ AC Milan midfielder Diego Laxalt (Played the first 28 minutes and replaced for injury by Giovanni González.)
- ✅ Juventus midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur (Played all 90 minutes)
No Serie A players with Japan.
Copa America Standings Group C
| POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 2 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Chile | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 1 | -4 | 0 |
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Photo: twitter.com/Uruguay
#URUJAP | El vestuario del Arena do Gremio espera por los futbolistas celestes. pic.twitter.com/sPY47Z4hsp
— Selección Uruguaya (@Uruguay) June 20, 2019
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📅日本時間6/21(金)8:00KO
📍Arena do Gremio
📺DAZN
✅https://t.co/of2MKjPDJD#daihyo #jfa #コパアメリカ #Copaamerica pic.twitter.com/BVOiEw9If1— サッカー日本代表 (@jfa_samuraiblue) June 20, 2019
#URUJAP | @Uruguay y @jfa_samuraiblue empataron 2-2, en Porto Alegre, por la 2a fecha del grupo C de la @CopaAmerica. https://t.co/ZCSzu9vocx pic.twitter.com/awfzefJDHG
— Selección Uruguaya (@Uruguay) June 21, 2019
#URUJAP | Final del partido en el Arena de Gremio.@Uruguay 2-2 @jfa_samuraiblue
Goles: 24´ y 58´ Koji Miyoshi (JAP); 32´ Luis Suárez y 65´ José María Giménez (URU) pic.twitter.com/DbnBEHAHKZ— Selección Uruguaya (@Uruguay) June 21, 2019
2019 Copa America
Group Stage – Group C
Uruguay 2 – 2 Japan
Thursday 20 June 2019
Arena do Gremio
Porto Alegre, Brazil
20:00 (Local time)
Referee: Andrés Rojas (COL)
Assistants: Alexander Guzman (COL) and Wilmar Navarro (COL)
VAR: Diego Haro (PER)
Nestor Pitana (ARG) and Hernán Maidana (ARG)
Goals: 25′ Koji Miyoshi (J), 32′ Luis Suárez (U)(PEN), 59′ Koji Miyoshi (J), 66′ José Giménez (U)