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Rondon currently plays for Mexican side Pachuca, scoring 19 goals in 28 games across all competitions this season.
His last spell in English football came during the 2021/22 season with Everton before leaving for Argentine giants River Plate.
HOST NATION’S UNWANTED HISTORY
It all started so promisingly but two defeats on the bounce saw host nation USA crash out at the group stage.
A win over group whipping boys Bolivia set Gregg Berhalter’s men on their way but were immediately stopped in their tracks by a resurgent Panama and group favourites Uruguay.
And it was Monday’s defeat to Uruguay that sent pulses raising culminating in a bizarre exchange between Christian Pulisic and the match referee.
Christian Pulisic was left raging at a host of refereeing decisionsCredit: GettyPulisic went to shake referee Ortega’s hand at full time but unsurprisingly was left hangingCredit: X@barstoolsports
The former Chelsea star was left seething with a host of decisions that went against his side and at full time, referee Kevin Ortega was seen on camera refusing to shake Pulisic’s hand after the American appeared to gesture something to him.
“Honestly, I mean I saw things that I’ve never seen before right in front of my eyes today that I just I truly I can’t believe,” Pulisic told reporters. “It’s not why we lost; we’re not out of this tournament because of officiating.”
Meanwhile, nine-time winners of the Copa America Brazil are through to the last eight but they were made to work for it.
The Selecao came into the tournament in indifferent form and an opening goalless draw against Costa Rica did little to allay fans’ fears.
But they found their shooting boots on matchday two, comfortably seeing off Paraguay 4-1 thanks to two goals from Vinicius Junior and another from West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta.
Vinicius Jr netted twice but it has been far from plain sailing for BrazilCredit: AFPLiverpool’s Darwin Nunez has impressed in Uruguay’s solid start to the Copa AmericaCredit: AFP
A 1-1 draw with eventual group winners Colombia saw Brazil stutter to the quarter-finals where they will face Darwin Nunez’s Uruguay.
The Liverpool striker has been in good form for Uruguay, netting twice in the group stages as the 15-time winners registered a 100 per cent record.
COPA AMERICA QUARTER-FINAL DRAW
Argentina v Ecuador
Venezuela v Canada
Colombia v Panama
Uruguay v Brazil
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