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Mexico and Venezuela opened their Copa AmĂŠrica campaigns with wins on Saturday evening.
Hereâs what happened.
Scorers: Arteaga 69â˛
Mexico made a nervy start to their Copa AmĂŠrica overnight as Gabriel Arteagaâ stunner saw them edge Jamaica 1-0.
The Caribbean side enjoyed a number of chances either side of half time and thought they had gone ahead on 50 minutes.
Michail Antonioâs bullet header seemed to have given the Reggae Boyz a lead but the West Ham man was deemed to be offside.
And then, with 20 minutes to go, Arteaga unleashed a rocket from the edge of the area to hand Mexico all three points.
Scorers: Sarimento 39â˛; Cadiz 63â˛, Bello 73â˛
Venezuela provided the biggest shock of the tournament so far as they came from behind to beat 10-man Ecuador.
Ecuador had Enner Valencia sent off after just 20 minutes but La Tri still went ahead just before half time through Jeremy Sarimento.
Venezuela flew out of the blocks in the second half though and netted twice in 10 minutes to secure the points.
First, Jhonder CĂĄdiz slotted home after good work from Salomon Rondon and then Eduardo Bello found space inside the area to claim the win.
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