Canada 3-1 Bolivia: Senior ConfedCup

Canada advance from the group with one game in hand after a comfortable win against Bolivia.
This was without doubt our most important game during the group stage. Yet again, we came out flying, troubling the Bolivian defence very early on, but, this time, not scoring. Perry Ferreira hit the bar, and Santos Hernando caught Fabian Currie's rebound. The deadlock was short-lived, as Carlos Eldridge gave us the lead with a shot that Hernando should have done better with. Though Bolivia started to put pressure on the Canadian defence, Angel Vang was rarely troubled, and, soon, a long ball from Blake Thornton reached Currie, who sped towards the goal before beating Hernando and doubling Canada's lead. He nearly scored again almost immediately after, but instead the Bolivian crossbar was rattled for the second time in the game. Eventually, Seguinus Socorro became the first player to beat Vang in this year's confederations cup, and Bolivia continued to create chances. However, it was Canada who headed into the break with a deserved 2-1 lead.
They continued to threaten in the second half, and Ferreira nearly scored his first of the game on two occasions, first hitting the side netting, then seeing Hernando deflect his long-range effort onto the post. Bolivia also went close, but Vang did well to save shots from Socorro and Everardo Barbot. Finally, Terrance Bryson took Ferreira's pass, beat Jeronimo Vinegra, and raced towards the penalty area, before coolly sealing the win.
This game was probably of no surprise to many. Although Bolivia had their chances, and were miles better than any team we'd faced up to this point, Canada were comfortably the better team throughout the match, and 3-1 was a fair score.
Mikexvi again avoided any changes to the line-up, while Bolivia fielded a 4-3-3 (4-2-1-1-2). None of our strikers played particularly well, but the defence was impressive. Vang made quite a few saves, and McCullough was a rock. So, for me, the man of the match was: Cyrille McCullough.
So, Canada has now mathematically clinched a spot in the round of 16, with only one game left in the group stage (against Angola). Well done mikexvi, fyrewurx, and hope321!
Valere Kendall and Shad Marcus were both cautioned for Canada, whilst Bolivia's lone booking belonged to Bikendi Carmona.