URUGUAY and Colombia have gone all the way to penalties and it’s the Colombians who have progressed.
David Ospina laid the ghosts of previous shootouts against England and Chile to rest as he saved from Jose Maria Gimenez and Matias Vina.
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Colombia made it through to the Copa America semi-finals after beating Uruguay in a penalty shoot-out at the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia.
Napoli star, and former Arsenal goalkeeper, David Ospina proved to be the hero of the night as he saved two penalties to help his country make the final four for the first time since 2016.
The two sides endured a goalless and quite hapless encounter that saw both Ospina and Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera enjoying a relatively uneventful evening.
Federico Valverde almost set Edinson Cavani up in front of open goal with a through ball from the right wing on 42 minutes but Yerry Mina got his foot on the way right in the nick of time.
Colombia then came close three minutes later as Duvan Zapata’s shot from a tight angle was saved by Muslera and Luis Muriel’s shot went widesoon after.
The second half was more interesting as Nahitan Nandez fired a curling effort from the right flank that forced an intense right-hand save from Ospina, who was caught off guard in the 50th minute.
Colombia then picked up the pace and came inches away from an opener after 73 minutes when Santos Borre delivered a crisp cross from the right flank and found Zapata whose header was denied by Muslera’s right leg.
However, none of the two sides were able to break the deadlock and so the game went straight to a penalty shoot-out.
Zapata, Davinson Sanchez, Mina and Miguel Borja all hit the back of the net with Muslera unable to make a single save.
Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez were on target for Uruguay but Ospina denied Jose Gimenez and Matias Vina’s spot-kicks and led his country to the semi-finals
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Ospina saves it!
And that’s it! Colombia are in the Copa America semi-finals!!!
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Vina now faces off with Ospina!
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Borja beasts Muslera and maintains Colombia’s advantage!
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And Uruguay are back in this! Brilliant penalty kick by Suarez!
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Suarez will now take Ospina on!
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And it’s in! Muslera gets a touch of the ball but can’t keep it out!
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Mina will now get the chance to capitalise for Colombia!
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Ospina saves Gimenez’s penalty down his bottom right corner!
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And it’s good! Sanchez beats Muslers with a fine effort!
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Sanchez will take the next penalty kick for Colombia
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And it’s in! Cavani sends the ball down Ospina’s bottom left corner.
The Colombia goalkeeper lunged on the correct side
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Now it’s time for Uruguay acre Cavani to face off against Ospina
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And it’s good! Zapata sends the ball to the back of the net for the first time tonight!
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Colombia will go first as Zapata faces Muslera!
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
TIME FOR PENALTIES!!!!!!
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90 Four more minutes of stoppage time to go.
Thankfully there is no extra-time…
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89 Ouch!
Diaz, Bentancur and Muslera are triying to get to the ball first.
Bentancur appears to nudge Diaz onto his own goalkeeper and the two players clash.
The physios enter the pitch to check on the Uruguayan goalkeeper who is thankfully well
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88 CHANCE
Uruguay ace Vina tries a shot from the edge of the box that deflects on a Colombia shirt but that doesn’t worry Ospina much
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87 SUBSTITUTION
Colombia manager Rueda introduces Borja, who takes Borre’s place for the final few minutes of the game
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86 CHANCE
Colombia ace Chara delivers a through ball to Diaz, who tries an extremely weak curling shot that Muslera has no problem picking up
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85 Still not much from either side.
This has penalties written all over it…
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82 It looks like both managers can see this game going on penalties.
That is why they have only made three changes between them, two of which were Uruguay’s
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80 SUBSTITUTION
Uruguay manager Tabarez makes another change as Caceres replaces Valverde
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79 WHAT A CHANCE!
Colombia come close once more as Chara tries a cross from the right flank that goes straight to Zapata.
But Gimenez just manages to clear before the Colombian could create a lethal goalscoring opportunity
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
