The 2024 Copa America third and fourth place finals will be played by Uruguay against Canada. Uruguay won all the group stage qualification, scoring nine goals and conceding only one, and eliminated the mighty Brazil in the quarter-finals, and was once regarded as the favorite to win the championship. But the 1-0 defeat to Colombia in the semi-finals was clearly difficult for the players and fans to accept. After the game, the Uruguay players also clashed with Colombia fans, and Nunez rushed to the stands to "mingle" with the fans, and there was a high probability that he would be banned. Canada eliminated Venezuela to advance to the last four before losing to Argentina again. But this result has exceeded expectations, and with their overall strength, they do not have the confidence to attack the championship.

Nandez returned from suspension in this game, and in addition to the suspended de la Cruz, Uruguay basically sent the strongest squad. Canada dominated possession after the opening period, while Uruguay used counter-attacks to create a threat. In the 9th minute, Uruguay won a corner on the left, Cáceres headed wide, but the ball was crooked to Bentancur on the left side of the box, who took the ball and turned and volleyed with his left foot, Uruguay led 1-0; In the 18th minute, Uruguay counter-attacked again, M-Araujo fired a low shot from the left side of the box, and the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper with his feet;

In the 21st minute, Canada also scored from a corner kick, a corner kick from the right side, a header in the Bombito box, Koné hooked his back to the goal, and the ball was hoisted into the goal, 1-1! In the 24th minute, Pellistri scored on a counter-attack, but the linesman raised the flag to signal offside; In the 31st minute, Viña fell to the ground in the penalty area, but the referee did not award a penalty;

In the 37th minute, Uruguay won a set-piece at the top of the penalty area, and Nunez took a direct shot over the crossbar; In the 40th minute, Joyniere opened a corner kick on the left side, Bombito jumped high at the back point to head the goal, and the ball hit the defender and flew out of the bottom line; Then Canada crossed from the right, Oluwasei headed in front of the goal, and the ball flew off the line; In the 43rd minute, Canada played a tacit cooperation in the front, Osorio burst into the middle of the box and his shot was blocked, and then the header was cleared by Nandez in front of the goal!

At half-time, the two teams drew 1-1; Canada had 60% possession in the half, 7 of 8 shots on goal and 3 on target in the box, while Uruguay had 2 of 5 shots on target;

In the 46th minute, Suarez replaced Nunez; In the 61st minute, Canada broke the ball in front of the field and counter-attacked, Ahmed sent a precise through ball, and Oluwasei stepped forward to get a single chance, but unfortunately the final shot was saved by the goalkeeper! Canada has significantly more opportunities, but the quality of opportunities is average; In the 69th minute, Suarez followed up in the middle of the penalty area to grab the point, and the defender fell to the ground in time to tackle the ball to resolve the danger; Then Rodriguez's low shot from a tight angle on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper;

In the 71st minute, Canada counter-attacked, Alphonso Davies fired low from the left side of the penalty area, the ball hit the defender and grazed the far post and went out of the line; In the 78th minute, Valverde hit the crossbar with a shot from the inside of the penalty area, and Uruguay's offensive dominated during this period; In the 80th minute, Koné advanced with the ball, Uruguay's defensive formation at the back was very scattered, Koné shook off the defender at the top of the arc of the penalty area and shot from a distance, the goalkeeper saved, substitute Jonathan David made up the shot, 2-1, Canada overcome!

After that, Uruguay fought back with all their might, and in the 93rd minute, central defender Jimenez crossed from the right side of the field, and Suarez outflanked the equalizer in front of the goal, 2-2! In the end, the game was dragged into a brutal penalty shootout; Canada took the lead, David deceived the goalkeeper and then Valverde also scored, 1-1; in the second round, both teams scored, 2-2; in the third round Koné shot was saved, Arrascaita hit, 2-3; in the third round, both scored, 3-4; Alphonso Davies did not fail to score a penalty, and finally Uruguay won 4-3 and finished third in the Copa America, and Canada did not have a chance to make history.