Paraguay managed to take advantage of a sub-standard Copa America by reaching the final without winning a single match before a penalty shootout and scoring in just two of five games. And then they met Uruguay.
The Battle of the Guays was not the epic fight to the death for Guay supremacy we hoped it would be. Instead, Luis Suarez scored in the 11th minute, then Diego Forlan scored in the 41st and one last time in the 89th for a 3-0 win and Uruguay's record 15th Copa America title (putting them ahead of Argentina's 14 and Brazil's eight). And that was that.
Following their fourth place finish at the World Cup last summer, this was a nice reward for Uruguay's fine play. Meanwhile, Paraguay's attention-grabbing and sponsor-supported superfan, Larissa Riquelme, was forced to keep her clothes on for at least a few hours.
UPDATE: Uruguay's Martin Caceres did not keep his clothes on.
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