Kamlesh Barjati
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SAN JUAN: Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez was sanguine after his side were bogged down in yet another Copa America draw - the fourth in five games to date at the Copa America.
"Today we couldn't achieve what we wanted - but football is like that," said the experienced Tabarez, whose charges were highly impressive this time last year in reaching the World Cup semi-finals.
Charruas' scorer, Liverpool forward Luis Suarez, said the team had expected to do better - but came up against stubborn resistance which they just could not break down.
"It was very difficult out there - Peru gave nothing away. The draw wasn't for want of trying," the former Ajax man told Fox Sports.
Peru missed the tournament in South Africa after one of their worst ever qualifying tournaments.
But here, they were dogged and tireless and had enough chances in the second half to have won it.
Paolo Guerrero opened the scoring for the Andeans in the 23rd minute, bursting through and rounding keeper Fernando Muslera to fire home past a despairing defender's dive.
Suarez put the celeste back on terms seconds before the break with a low poacher's finish off a finely-weighted through pass by Nicolas Lodeiro.
Yet the Uruguayans were again on the back foot after the break despite the promptings of evergreen forward Diego Forlan at the Estadio Del Bicentenario in San Juan.
Peru keeper Raul Fernandez denied Forlan moments before Saurez's leveller but it was the Peruvians who might have snatched the win as both Luis Advincula and then Guerrero, with a fine diving header from a Juan Vargas cross, went close.
Vargas himself also shot just wide as Peru, whose central defensive pairing of Santiago Acasiete and Alberto Rodriguez held things together well at the back, enjoyed a purple patch in the third quarter of the game before Forlan fired over at the other end.
Atletico Madrid star Forlan admitted he was frustrated at the outcome.
"They got their goal and then sat deep, making it very difficult for us to get things going in the engine room. But every match is difficult and we will have to up our game for the next game," said the former Manchester United man.
"If you don't take your chances at this level then you don't succeed.
"They are a good side - we knew that they have good players - and made things tough for us," said Forlan, whose country now has to improve against group rivals Chile and Mexico.
Sergio Markarian, in his first tournament as Peru coach, indicated he was satisfied with his team's showing against his own compatriots, indicating that "I thought we moved the ball around well, especially in the second half."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Uruguayans-sanguine-after-Peruvian-stalemate/articleshow/9107823.cms
"Today we couldn't achieve what we wanted - but football is like that," said the experienced Tabarez, whose charges were highly impressive this time last year in reaching the World Cup semi-finals.
Charruas' scorer, Liverpool forward Luis Suarez, said the team had expected to do better - but came up against stubborn resistance which they just could not break down.
"It was very difficult out there - Peru gave nothing away. The draw wasn't for want of trying," the former Ajax man told Fox Sports.
Peru missed the tournament in South Africa after one of their worst ever qualifying tournaments.
But here, they were dogged and tireless and had enough chances in the second half to have won it.
Paolo Guerrero opened the scoring for the Andeans in the 23rd minute, bursting through and rounding keeper Fernando Muslera to fire home past a despairing defender's dive.
Suarez put the celeste back on terms seconds before the break with a low poacher's finish off a finely-weighted through pass by Nicolas Lodeiro.
Yet the Uruguayans were again on the back foot after the break despite the promptings of evergreen forward Diego Forlan at the Estadio Del Bicentenario in San Juan.
Peru keeper Raul Fernandez denied Forlan moments before Saurez's leveller but it was the Peruvians who might have snatched the win as both Luis Advincula and then Guerrero, with a fine diving header from a Juan Vargas cross, went close.
Vargas himself also shot just wide as Peru, whose central defensive pairing of Santiago Acasiete and Alberto Rodriguez held things together well at the back, enjoyed a purple patch in the third quarter of the game before Forlan fired over at the other end.
Atletico Madrid star Forlan admitted he was frustrated at the outcome.
"They got their goal and then sat deep, making it very difficult for us to get things going in the engine room. But every match is difficult and we will have to up our game for the next game," said the former Manchester United man.
"If you don't take your chances at this level then you don't succeed.
"They are a good side - we knew that they have good players - and made things tough for us," said Forlan, whose country now has to improve against group rivals Chile and Mexico.
Sergio Markarian, in his first tournament as Peru coach, indicated he was satisfied with his team's showing against his own compatriots, indicating that "I thought we moved the ball around well, especially in the second half."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Uruguayans-sanguine-after-Peruvian-stalemate/articleshow/9107823.cms
