After Sebastián Abreu gave Uruguay a 1:0 lead in the 21st minute, Cuauhtémoc Blanco leveled it for Mexico via a penalty kick 16 minutes later.
In the second half, Omar Bravo and José Andrés Guardado scored in the 68th and 75th minutes, respectively, for Mexico in the victory over Uruguay.
This is the third time in history that Mexico captures the third-place honours at the Copa América having done so in 1997 and 1999.
Copa America - Venezuela 2007
Third Place
14.07.2007: Caracas; Estadio Olímpico
URUGUAY - MEXICO 1:3 (1:1)
Sebastián ABREU 21' - Cuauhtémoc BLANCO 37' pen; Omar BRAVO 68'; José Andrés GUARDADO 75'
URU: Fabián Carini - Diego Lugano, Jorge Ciro Fucile, Pablo Gabriel García (79: Walter Gargano), Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez, Sebastián Abreu, Maximiliano Pereira, Carlos Valdez, Andrés Scotti, Ignacio María González (74: Fabián Canobbio), Diego Forlán (74: Vicente Sánchez). Booked: Forlan 25', Scotti 29', Garcia 56', Sent offs: Lugano 35'
TD: óscar TABAREZ
MEX: Guillermo Ochoa - Jonny Magallón, Fausto Pinto (64: José Andrés Guardado), Gerardo Torrado, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Ramón Morales, José Antonio Castro, Jaime Lozano (77: Jaime Correa), Omar Bravo (87: Luis ángel Landín), Nery Castillo, Francisco Javier Rodríguez. Booked: Pinto 25'
TD: Hugo SANCHEZ
R: Mauricio REINOSO (ECU)
Photos by AP
#1 - Claudio Cruz
#2 - by Fernando Llano
