Napoli striker Edison Cavani has shaken off the favourites’ tag before the Uruguay’s opening game at Copa America.

Together with Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez, The Serie A star is part of the amazing attacking trident that has seen Uruguay tipped as one of the favourites for the trophy in Argentina.

However, the 24-year-old doesn’t think that there are any real favourites at the strongest South American competition.

“There are no such thing as favourites at competitions like the Copa America and the World Cup,“ Cavani told FIFA.com.

“When you’ve got teams taking their best players and they’re in great form it’s impossible to pick a favourite.

“In domestic leagues the big teams are under the obligation to win and they can take their time and buy the players they need. But in national team competitions you only start to see who the favourites are after a few games.”

Cavani is adamant that Uruguay can continue the rich vein of form that helped them achieve a fourth-place finish at the 2010 World Cup.

“The friendlies showed that Uruguay are still playing with the same intensity we had before and during the World Cup.

“The fans have seen that you can lose to Estonia and still beat Ireland, that you can beat the Netherlands and lose to Germany. We’ve prepared well but we’ll see what we’re capable of once we’ve played a few matches.”

Uruguay are 1.44 (4/9) with Victor Chandler to win their opening game against Peru, whereas La Celeste are 11.00 (10/1) with Betfair to win the Copa America title.