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Uruguay v Jamaica: Pride the only thing on the line in Santa Clara

Pride is the only thing at stake when Uruguay and Jamaica look to avoid finishing bottom of Group C at the Copa America Centenario in Santa Clara on Monday.

Two defeats apiece in their opening games against Mexico and Venezuela has left both nations without a point and unable to reach the quarter-finals in United States.

The Barcelona superstar was seen thumping the dugout and screaming at boss Oscar Tabarez during the 3-1 loss in Glendale, his injury meaning he was unable to even make the bench – although he was seen warming up.

"I will always be grateful to 'Maestro' [Tabarez] for not playing me," he told a news conference.

"It would have been worse for me had I played because I would probably be in a corner moping right now.

"This muscle injury tricks you a lot, one moment it seems like you're fine and the next it pulls."

Monday's clash will be the third meeting between the two nations with Uruguay leading the head-to-head with two wins to Jamaica's one.

Since that triumph in Antofagasta, Tabarez's side are winless in five consecutive matches, their worst run in the tournament's history, and failed to keep a clean sheet in the process.