Uruguay can move a step closer to becoming the most successful nation in Copa America history tomorrow night when they take on Peru for a place in the final, although coach Oscar Tabarez is not expecting it to be easy.Uruguay are currently level with Argentina on 14 Copa America successes, but with the Albiceleste having already been dumped out along with two-time reigning champions Brazil, Tabarez's men are now favourites to win their first crown since 1995.
However, in a tournament that has produced a number of upsets already - including Uruguay's quarter-final penalty shoot-out success over star-studded Argentina - Tabarez is not underestimating the threat posed by Peru in tomorrow's semi-final in La Plata.
"If you paid attention to everything that was written before the Copa America, they are a surprise, but I know the Peruvian style of play, their coaching staff, and in every tournament there appears a team who were not in the original calculations,'' he said.
"Maybe Peru and Venezuela have caught the attention most, but I'm not surprised.
"It's going to be a very difficult game, it's going to be against a team that is going to stand toe-to-toe with Uruguay.''
He added: "We've completed the minimum objective that we'd planned before coming, which was to repeat what we did in the last Copa America (reaching the semi-finals). We now have to see what happens against Peru.''
Uruguay and Peru have already clashed once on this year's Copa America, with the pair sharing a 1-1 draw in the opening match in Group C.
Peru have won the Copa America twice before, with the most recent occasion being in 1975.
My Selection: Uruguay-0.5
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