(Las Vegas) Brazil, deprived of Vinicius Jr., was eliminated 4 penalties to 2 (0-0) on Saturday in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States) by Uruguay, who join Colombia in the semi-finals of the Copa America.
Neither team managed to score in a match marred by fouls, and it was Paris SG midfielder Manuel Ugarte who scored the decisive penalty for Uruguay.
In the absence of Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr., who is suspended, Brazilian prodigy Endrick was given the starting spot at the forefront of the attack.
At 17, Endrick hurt the Celeste defenders with his ball handling and dribbling, but ended up being extinguished by the roughness of his opponents.
Authors of 26 fouls out of 41 in a tight and choppy match, the Uruguayans finished with ten men after the expulsion of Nahitan Nandez for an uncontrolled tackle (74e).
But Marcelo Bielsa’s players held out until the penalty shootout, where their goalkeeper Sergio Rochet saved Eder Militao’s effort, before seeing Douglas Luiz hit the post.
A save from Alisson against Jose Maria Gimenez was not enough for Brazil, who won only one of their four games in the competition.
Uruguay will face Colombia in the semi-finals on Wednesday, having resoundingly beaten Panama (5-0) earlier in the day.