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Soccer-Bolivia's Copa America warm-up scrapped for lack of referee

LA PAZ, June 1 (Reuters) - Bolivia named their Copa America squad before Monday's deadline having had to scrap a warm-up friendly against Venezuela for lack of match officials.

Coach Mauricio Soria made light of the loss of much-needed match practice for his players, saying they had had a useful game with the squad divided into two teams in the Argentine city of Mendoza.

"Yesterday in the practice the intensity of the two teams was quite strong, they didn't hold back," Soria told reporters.

"They played a match with plenty of good things but also many mistakes.