Watch: Rondon tucks home rebound from incredible 52-yard shot
Venezuela could not have opened the scoring against Uruguay in more spectacular fashion, as Salomon Rondon cleaned up Alejandro Guerra's incredible 52-yard strike that smacked off the crossbar.
Guerra caught Fernando Muslera off his line and sent a shot on goal from around the midfield line, forcing the Uruguay goalkeeper into making a desperate save; Muslera could only get the ball off the crossbar though, and Rondon was there to clean up the spill with ease.
Alejandro Guerra (Venezuela): shot off the crossbar was measured at 52.4 yards.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 10, 2016
Salomón Rondón tapped it in for a goal from 3.4 yards.
Should the 1-0 scoreline hold, Venezuela would become the second team to qualify for the quarter-final stage of the Copa America Centenario, having already defeated Jamaica 1-0 in its Group C opener.
Why couldn't the football gods just have let the initial strike go in? Would have been Puskas award material.
— Euan McTear (@emctear) June 10, 2016
1-0 Venezuela.
GOAAAAAL! I CAN'T BELIEVE GUERRA WAS DENIED HIS WONDERGOAL BUT RONDON GETS THE REBOUND!!!!! 1-0 VENEZUELA!!
— Hispanospherical (@DarrenSpherical) June 10, 2016