Copa America

ARGENTINA have made it to the Copa America Final where they will face Brazil.The Albiceleste drew with Colombia during normal time following Lautaro Martinez’s opener and Luis Diaz’s equaliser.
The semi-final went on penalties where Emiliano Martinez denied Davinson Sanchez, Yerry Mina and Edwin Cardona to send his country through to the final.
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Lionel Messi will be hoping to win his first ever Copa America
THAT’S ALL FROM BRASILIA!
Argentina made it to the Copa America Final thanks to Emiliano Martinez’s heroics in an intense semi-final clash that ended with a penalty shoot-out.
The two teams drew 1-1 during normal period at the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia thanks to Lautaro Martinez’s opener for the Albiceleste and Luis Diaz’s equaliser.
Lionel Scaloni’s men opened the scoring after just seven minutes when Giovani Lo Celso’s wonderful through ball found Lionel Messi in the area and the captain passed back to Lautaro who beat David Ospina with a fine finish.
Colombia then missed three major chances to equalise, first with Juan Cuadrado who was played in the area thanks to Diaz and was denied by Martinez from close distance just a minute after the Argentines’ opener.
Then Wilmar Barrios fired a powerful shot from the edge of the box that caught a deflection off Lo Celso before hitting the left-hand post.
A minute later Yerry Mina got a header from a corner-kick and forced a spectacular save from the Aston Villa goalkeeper, who lunged towards his top left corner.
Argentina then came close to doubling their lead when Nicolas Gonzalez picked up a header from Messi’s corner-kick but was denied by Ospina from close range.
Colombia finally got their equaliser on 61 minutes when Edwin Cardona played Diaz down the left flank and the Porto star completely outran Gonzalo Montiel to beat Martinez from a tight angle.
Argentina then missed an incredible opportunity to regain the lead when Daniel Munoz lost the ball in midfield and Ospina foolishly came off his area after 74 minutes.
Angel Di Maria dribbled past the Colombia goalkeeper and passed to Lautaro whose shot was blocked on the goal line by Barrios.
Then Messi hit Ospina’s right-hand post after a beautiful through ball by Di Maria in the 80th minute.
The penalty shoot-out was as dramatic as the rest of the match with Rodrigo De Paul missing for Argentina following a dreadful shot that went over the crossbar.
But Albiceleste goalkeeper Martinez ended up being the hero as he denied Davinson Sanchez and Mina as well as Cardona’s critical spot kick.
Messi, Leandro Paredes and Lautaro were all on target whereas Cuadrado and Miguel Borja were the only ones who scored for Colombia.
That led to a 3-2 win for Argentina on penalties and now Scaloni’s men are set to face bitter rivals Brazil on Saturday at the Maracana Stadium.
Colombia, on the other hand, will take on Peru in the third-place play-off the night before.
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Colombia dominated 51 per cent of possession in the exciting Copa America semi-final against Argentina.
The Tricolor registered a total of 14 shots, but only four of them were on target.
The Albiceleste, on the other hand, produced 13 shots, four of which were on target.
This was a very intense match that saw Argentina committing 20 fouls and Colombia counting another 27.
The referee showed a total of 10 yellow cards, six of which went to Reinaldo Rueda’s men
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FT: ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA (3-2 ON PENALTIES)
Argentina made it to the Copa America Final after beating Colombia on penalties at the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia.
The Albiceleste opened the scoring after just seven minutes when Giovani Lo Celso’s wonderful through ball found Messi in the area and the captain passed back to Lautaro Martinez who beat David Ospina with a fine finish.
Colombia then missed three major chances to equalise, first with Juan Cuadrado who was played in the area thanks to Luis Diaz and was denied by Emiliano Martinez from close distance just a minute after Lautaro’s opener.
Then Wilmar Barrios fired a powerful shot from the edge of the box that caught a deflection off Lo Celso before hitting Martinez’s left-hand post.
A minute later Yerry Mina got a header from a corner-kick and forced a spectacular save from the Argentina goalkeeper, who lunged towards his top left corner.
Argentina then came close to doubling their lead when Nicolas Gonzalez picked up a header from Lionel Messi’s corner-kick but was denied by Ospina from close range.
Colombia finally got their equaliser on 61 minutes when Edwin Cardona played Diaz down the left flank and the Porto star completely outran Gonzalo Montiel to beat Martinez from a tight angle.
Argentina then missed an incredible opportunity to regain the lead when Daniel Munoz lost the ball in midfield and Ospina came off his area after 74 minutes.
Angel Di Maria dribbled past the Colombia goalkeeper and passed to Lautaro whose shot was blocked on the goal line by Barrios.
The Messi hit Ospina’s right-hand post after a beautiful through ball by Di Maria in the 80th minute.
The penalty shoot-out was as dramatic with Rodrigo De Paul missing for Argentina.
But Albiceleste goalkeeper Martinez ended up being the hero as he denied Davinson Sanchez and Yerry Mina as well as Cardona’s critical spot kick
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ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
MARTINEZ SAVES CARDONA’S PENALTY!
ARGENTINA HAVE MADE IT TO THE COPA AMERICA FINAL!
ARGENTINA 2-3 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Lautaro scores a brilliant penalty kick to give Argentina the lead again!
Colombia NEED to score this!
ARGENTINA 2-3 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Borja scores from the spot, this time Martinez’s mind games don’t work
ARGENTINA 2-2 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Paredes scores for Argentina with a fine take that sends Ospina on the opposite corner!
ARGENTINA 2-1 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Martinez SAVES Mina’s penalty after some mind games that have paid off!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
De Paul MISSES! Sends the ball over the crossbar with a horrible shot!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Martinez SAVES Sanchez’s shot!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
And it’s good by Messi! Sends the ball to Ospina’s top left corner!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
It is now time for Messi to battle Ospina!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Cuadrado scores Colombia’s first penalty by sending the ball to Martinez’s bottom right corner
ARGENTINA 0-1 COLOMBIA
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
Argentina and Colombia are going on penalties after a highly entertaining game at the Estadio Nacional de Brasilia.
The Albiceleste opened the scoring after just seven minutes when Giovani Lo Celso’s wonderful through ball found Messi in the area and the captain passed back to Lautaro Martinez who beat David Ospina with a fine finish.
Colombia then missed three major chances to equalise, first with Juan Cuadrado who was played in the area thanks to Luis Diaz and was denied by Emiliano Martinez from close distance just a minute after Lautaro’s opener.
Then Wilmar Barrios fired a powerful shot from the edge of the box that caught a deflection off Lo Celso before hitting Martinez’s left-hand post.
A minute later Yerry Mina got a header from a corner-kick and forced a spectacular save from the Argentina goalkeeper, who lunged towards his top left corner.
Argentina then came close to doubling their lead when Nicolas Gonzalez picked up a header from Lionel Messi’s corner-kick but was denied by Ospina from close range.
Colombia finally got their equaliser on 61 minutes when Edwin Cardona played Diaz down the left flank and the Porto star completely outran Gonzalo Montiel to beat Martinez from a tight angle.
Argentina then missed an incredible opportunity to regain the lead when Daniel Munoz lost the ball in midfield and Ospina came off his area after 74 minutes.
Angel Di Maria dribbled past the Colombia goalkeeper and passed to Lautaro whose shot was blocked on the goal line by Barrios.
The Messi hit Ospina’s right-hand post after a beautiful through ball by Di Maria in the 80th minute
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
AND THAT’S FULL-TIME, WE’RE GOING ON PENALTIES!!!!!!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
90+2 Two more minutes to go!
Argentina are pushing for a late winner whereas Colombia are trying to hold on and hit on the counter-attack
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
90+1 YELLOW CARD
Argentina ace Pezzella gets booked for an intentional foul on Diaz, who was on the counter-attack after Messi’s free-kick
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
90 It’s no good, Messi sends the ball straight to the wall.
Four more minutes of stoppage time to go
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
88 Messi puts together a spectacular run down the attacking third and dribbles past two Colombia defenders.
But Barrios brings him down and Argentina have another set-piece from a promising position
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
87 YELLOW CARD
And Argentina ace Rodriguez gets booked just a minute later for a dangerous tackle on Borja
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
86 YELLOW CARD
Colombia ace Cardona gets booked for a rough foul on Paredes
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
85 Argentina don’t seem to want to go to penalties…
They are playing the ball very quickly and are desperately trying to find Messi
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
83 Time is slowly running out in Brasilia…
Reminding you all that if no one scores a winner then we are going straight to penalties
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ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
80 WHAT A CHANCE!
So close for Argentina!
Di Maria, who has been brilliant ever since his introduction, finds Messi inside the ball with a spectacular through ball and his left-footed shot rattles Ospina’s right-hand post!
ARGENTINA 1-1 COLOMBIA
78 Here’s how Colombia equalised in the second half.
Incredible finish by Diaz from a tight angle but Argentina keeper Martinez should have done better there..

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BRAZIL made it to the Copa America Final after beating Peru at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.The Selecao advanced thanks to Lucas Paqueta’s winner, which wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Neymar’s incredible assist.
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THAT’S ALL FROM RIO!
A brilliant assist by Neymar led Brazil to their second consecutive Copa America Final after a 1-0 victory over Peru at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
The Paris Saint-Germain superstar dribbled past three defenders down the left before setting up Lucas Paqueta, who scored the winner for the second time in a row after his heroics against Paraguay in the quarter-finals.
Tite’s men dominated in the first half as they missed some unbelievable chances to score more goals.
It all started just after eight minutes when Paqueta delivered a beautiful through ball and found Richarlison inside the penalty area.
The Everton star dribbled past Pedro Gallese but found himself at a tight angle and thus passed the ball back to Neymar, who shot it wide.
Gallese enjoyed a brilliant first half that saw him making an unbelievable triple save on 19 minutes.
The Blanquirroja captain denied a long-range shot by Casemiro as well as two efforts from Neymar as well as Richarlison from close distance.
But the Orlando City shot-stopper couldn’t maintain a clean sheet as Neymar dribbled past Alexander Callens, Christian Ramos AND Aldo Corzo before setting up Paqueta in the penalty area just 10 minutes before half-time.
Peru came back stronger in the second half when manager Ricardo Gareca introduced Raziel Garcia and Marcos Lopez.
Gianluca Lapadula recorded the Blanquirroja’s first shot on target with a powerful left-footed effort that forced a difficult save from Ederson after 50 minutes.
Peru’s biggest chance, though, occurred on 82 minutes when Callens got a header from a free-kick and almost hit Ederson’s bottom left corner.
Brazil are now set to compete in the final this Sunday at the historic Maracana Stadium against the winner of the other semi-final encounter between Argentina and Colombia.
The two nations face off in the early hours of Wednesday and the loser will take on Peru in the third-place play-off on Saturday.
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Brazil dominated 56 per cent of possession throughout the semi-final encounter.
The Selecao recorded a total of 15 shots, with a whopping eight of them being on target.
Peru registered seven shots, but only two of them were on target and they all occurred during the second half.
Brazil will compete in the final on Sunday and will face the winner of the other semi-final between Argentina and Colombia – Peru will face the loser of that encounter in the third-place play-off
FT: BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
Brazil made it to the Copa America Final for the second time in a row after beating Peru at the Olympic Stadium in Rio.
The Selecao made it through thanks to Lucas Paqueta’s winner after 35 minutes.
Tite’s men broke the deadlock when Neymar dribbled past three Peru defenders – Alexander Callens, Christian Ramos AND Aldo Corzo – before passing back to Paqueta, who found the back of the net with a fine finish.
Brazil dominated in the first half as they missed some unbelievable chances to score more goals.
Paqueta delivered a beautiful through ball and found Richarlison inside the penalty area on eight minutes
The Everton star dribbled past a brilliant Pedro Gallese but found himself at a tight angle and thus passed the ball back to Neymar, who shot it wide.
Then Gallese made a triple save to deny a long-range shot from Casemiro as well as two efforts from Neymar as well as Richarlison from close distance after 19 minutes.
Peru came back stronger in the second half when manager Ricardo Gareca introduced Raziel Garcia and Marcos Lopez.
Gianluca Lapadula recorded the Blanquirroja’s first shot on target with a powerful left-footed effort that forced a difficult save from Ederson after 50 minutes.
Peru’s biggest chance, though, occurred after 82 minutes when Alexander Callens got a header from a free-kick and almost hit Ederson’s bottom left corner
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
THAT’S FULL-TIME IN RIO!!!!!!
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
90+3 Peru’s attack comes to an end after the referee claims Lapadula elbows Militao.
Very soft decision as the Brazilian seem to be slightly overreacting…
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
90+2 SUBSTITUTION
Brazil manager Tite seems to be making a necessary change as Paqueta is hurting.
The midfielder is replaced by Luiz
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
90 Five more minutes of added time to go until full-time.
Paqueta is still on the ground after the rough tackle by Lopez
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
90 YELLOW CARD
Peru ace Lopez gets booked for a dangerous tackle on Paqueta, who’s probably trying to save as much time as possible on the ground
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
89 SUBSTITUTION
Peru manager Careva makes one more change as Tavara replaces Tapia
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
88 YELLOW CARD
Vinicius becomes the first Brazilian player to be booked for a late challenge on Lora
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
88 Brazil are dominating possession and tempo in the last few minutes of the match.
Neymar has been stunning as he gets a lot of the ball and earns plenty of free-kicks.
Peru are struggling to create any attacks
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
85 SUBSTITUTION
Brazil manager Tite makes a triple change for the last five minutes of the match.
Vinicius comes on for Richarlison, Fabinho replaces Fred and Militao takes Lodi’s place
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
82 WHAT A CHANCE!
Peru come extremely close to an equaliser, Brazil are quite lucky!
A free-kick is whipped in from the left and Callens gets a header after a poor exit by Ederson but the ball just misses the Manchester City star’s bottom left corner
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
81 SUBSTITUTION
Another change for Peru as Ormeno replaces Cueva for the last few minutes
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
80 Brazil star Neymar hasn’t been able to give his team that extra edge so far in the second half.
But it is thanks to the PSG superstar that the Selecao are ahead
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BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
78 As time goes by Brazil’s lead is becoming increasingly fragile.
The Selecao need to remain concentrated as literally anything can happen on the lottery we call a penalty shoot-out
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
75 SUBSTITUTION
Peru manager Gareca makes another switch as Lora replaces Corzo
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
75 Just a quick reminder, if Peru equalise then the game will go straight to penalties.
Only the final gets extra-time if the two teams are tied after full-time
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
73 Brazil are still quite comfortable on the pitch but Peru have drastically improved in the second half.
The Selecao are still the favourites to go through, but it could easily be taken away from them if they’re not careful
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
71 PENALTY SHOUT
Brazil star Richarlison gets a lovely ball by Neymar and goes down inside the area following a push by Gorzo.
However, the referee waives play on and VAR aren’t intervening
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
70 SUBSTITUTION
Brazil manager Tite makes his first change as Ribeiro replaces Everton.
An Everton comes in for another Everton, and none of them play for the Toffees
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
70 Peru ace Santamaria gets lucky there as he avoids a blatant yellow card.
The defender takes down Neymar with a late challenge and doesn’t get booked even though the referee halts the game…
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
67 Check out some of the best highlights of the first half.
That includes Neymar’s brilliant assist, Paqueta’s opener and Gallese’s triple save:

BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
65 CHANCE
Brazil show their presence with a shot from Neymar inside the area that goes wide!
BRAZIL 1-0 PERU
64 Richarlison goes down inside Peru’s area following achallenge with Tapia.
But the referee has none of it!
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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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THAT’S ALL FROM BRASILIA!
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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URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Ospina saves it!
And that’s it! Colombia are in the Copa America semi-finals!!!
URUGUAY 2-4 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Vina now faces off with Ospina!
URUGUAY 2-4 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Borja beasts Muslera and maintains Colombia’s advantage!
URUGUAY 2-4 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
And Uruguay are back in this! Brilliant penalty kick by Suarez!
URUGUAY 2-3 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Suarez will now take Ospina on!
URUGUAY 1-3 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
And it’s in! Muslera gets a touch of the ball but can’t keep it out!
URUGUAY 1-3 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Mina will now get the chance to capitalise for Colombia!
URUGUAY 1-2 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Ospina saves Gimenez’s penalty down his bottom right corner!
URUGUAY 1-2 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
And it’s good! Sanchez beats Muslers with a fine effort!
URUGUAY 1-2 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Sanchez will take the next penalty kick for Colombia
URUGUAY 1-1 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
And it’s in! Cavani sends the ball down Ospina’s bottom left corner.
The Colombia goalkeeper lunged on the correct side
URUGUAY 1-1 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Now it’s time for Uruguay acre Cavani to face off against Ospina
URUGUAY 0-1 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
And it’s good! Zapata sends the ball to the back of the net for the first time tonight!
URUGUAY 0-1 COLOMBIA
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
Colombia will go first as Zapata faces Muslera!
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
TIME FOR PENALTIES!!!!!!
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
90 Four more minutes of stoppage time to go.
Thankfully there is no extra-time…
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
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
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
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
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
87 SUBSTITUTION
Colombia manager Rueda introduces Borja, who takes Borre’s place for the final few minutes of the game
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
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
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
85 Still not much from either side.
This has penalties written all over it…
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
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
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
80 SUBSTITUTION
Uruguay manager Tabarez makes another change as Caceres replaces Valverde
URUGUAY 0-0 COLOMBIA
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
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