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Ukraine 2-3 Uruguay: Abel Hernandez scores late to earn victory for the 2011 Copa America championsOriginally posted by SB View PostNo report from "The Pony" about how good he looked ?
The two-time World Cup winners twice came back from a goal down before the Palermo striker finished off the Europeans
Ukraine vs Uruguay Ukraine found the net 15 seconds into the contest thanks to Andriy Voronin but could not hold off Uruguay as goals by Alvaro Gonzalez, Diego Lugano and Abel Hernandez saw the Copa America winners earn a 3-2 victory at Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv.
Hernandez, who came on in the second half, found the net in the 87th minute off of a wonderful through pass from Luis Suarez, taking a touch past Olexandr Shovkovskiy before knocking the ball home with ease, earning another victory for Oscar Tabarez's side.
Yevhen Konoplyanka helped the Euro 2012 co-hosts get the early lead when he stole the ball from Uruguay in the middle of the pitch, finding Marko Devic, who was darting towards the box. The striker marched forward before slipping a low pass in front of the net to Voronin, who placed his shot with class to the right of a diving Fernando Muslera, sending the fans into a frenzy before many even took their seats.
The hosts looked to play the ball towards the touchline, opening up space in the middle to go on the attack. It was successful time after time as the boys in yellow engineered several spurts of brilliance to infiltrate the Uruguayan penalty area, keeping them on their heels. However, they could not find their second goal before Gonzalez's strike.
The Lazio man leveled the score a just before the break with a shot from 20 meters that Shovkovskiy should have handled without any problems. However, the ball hit off his arm and bounced into the net.
Yarmolenko sent in a low cross into the middle of the box between numerous players from both teams, finding Voronin, who only needed one touch on the ball with the inside of his magnificent pony tail to knock it off the crossbar and down into the goal, leaving Muslera with no chance of stopping it.
But Lugano would have nothing of it, bringing his nation back early in the second half off a set piece, flicking on Luis Suarez's free-kick with a soft touch to the back post before Hernandez left it late as the South Americans picked up where they left off their triumphant 2011 Copa America campaign.
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Last edited by doogle; 15-04-12, 10:11 PM.RIP IRWT
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Originally posted by doogle View Post
Yarmolenko sent in a low cross into the middle of the box between numerous players from both teams, finding Voronin, who only needed one touch on the ball with the inside of his magnificent pony tail to knock it off the crossbar and down into the goal, leaving Muslera with no chance of stopping it.
http://www.goal.com/en-us/match/6661...uruguay/report
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How long do people think it'll be before he's in the side?
Seen some posters saying they don't think he'll play much at all this season. Comolli and Clarke reckon he's ready now, and given he's a starter for the best team in South America
...I'd be inclined to agree. Only issue is how do we get him in the side. I imagine his first chance will come when Agger gets injured in a week or two.
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