Uruguay dumped Argentina out of the Copa America on Saturday, with Carlos Tevez's penalty miss proving crucial in the 5-4 shootout defeat.
Gonzalo Higuain's equaliser had got Sergio Batista's side level at 1-1 in the 17th minute, cancelling out Diego Perez's early opener, and things looked to have turned in the hosts' favour when Perez was sent off six minutes before the break in Santa Fe.
But Javier Mascherano's red card three minutes from time evened up the numbers and, when there were no further goals after extra time, Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera took centre stage. He made the only save of the shootout from Tevez's spot-kick.
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