Uruguay holds its final.

After three consecutive failures, the Celeste has finally passed the semi-finals by dominating Peru (2-0) last night, thanks to a brace from Luis Suarez. Sunday, against Venezuela and Paraguay, it will seek a fifteenth Copa America. It would be a record.


Sunday in Buenos Aires, Uruguay will play his 22nd Copa America final. Against Venezuela and Paraguay, the tape run for a fifteenth Diego Forlan crown on the South American continent. It would be one more than Argentina, she had beaten in the quarterfinals on Saturday (1-1 aet, 5-4 pens). It would be a record. On the night of Wednesday, the Celeste has succeeded where it failed in the last three editions, but last year at the World: it has surpassed the last four. Finally.

She knew she was expected to face Peru. She did not tremble (2-0). Two goals from Luis Suarez was enough to make him happy. Striker Liverpool was first made his selection on the right track by scoring from a tight angle after a heavy strike Forlan rejected by Fernandez (53). "The first goal has solved the problems we had, and it arrived as we had hoped, after a shot midway"Welcomed Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay coach. Five minutes later, launched by Pereira, killed the suspense Suarez (2-0, 58th) by signing the third embodiment in the 2011 Copa. Joining, by the way, the Argentine Kun Aguero leads the scoring charts. 

Forlan: "No favorites of the final":

Peru was then a knee. He asked when the second Vargas, previously the only player in the Albirroja enterprising, lost his nerve. Elbow on Coates. Red Card (69th). And a boulevard to Uruguay. Despite some cold sweat late in the game, the Celeste has maintained its advantage until the end. "We are very pleased to have achieved the goal, dropped keeper Fernando Muslera, Heroic late in the game. Now we have yet to reach the dream. "
The dream is to revive a glorious past, not so long ago. For the generation 2011, when ever Regout to victory. Like the good old days of Enzo Francescoli, sacred in 1983, 1987 and 1995. Public pressure and media looks extraordinary. Forlan, silent since the competition tries to channel it. "Careful journalists who we are favorites, but we know very well that we will not be favorites in the final." Uruguay has had too many disappointments to ignite.