Argentina beats Colombia 5-4 over penalties in Copa America quarter final 2015

Monday, June 29, 2015

On Friday, Argentina defeated Colombia in the third quarter- final of the 2015 Copa América ^{((en))Spanish language: ‍America Cup} which was held in Estadio Sausalito stadium in Viña del Mar, Chile. Argentina defeated Colombia 5–4 on penalty shootout.

Argentina had more possession in the match. A total of eight yellow cards were shown for 35 fouls, of which six came in the first half. Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina denied Messi and Agüero's on target shots in the first half. Only one substitution was made in the first half. The second half saw just two yellow cards.

At the end of 90 minutes, 4 minutes were added. But, no side could find the net. Since no extra time is added in quarter-finals of Copa America, penalty shoot-out was called. Colombia began the penalty shoot-out. A total of 5 penalties were missed and Tevez's penalty kick converted into goal sealed the victory for Argentina.

Argentina is now to face the winner of Brazil v Paraguay quarter-final on June 30.

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June 26, 2015
	^Argentina	0–0 (5-4) on penalties	^Colombia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)
	Messi Garay Banega Lavezzi Biglia Rojo Tevez		Rodríguez Falcao Cuadrado Muriel Cardona Zúñiga Murillo

Squad


GK	1	Sergio Romero
	4	Pablo Zabaleta
	2	Ezequiel Garay
	17	Nicolás Otamendi
	16	Marcos Rojo
	6	Lucas Biglia
	14	Javier Mascherano	34'
	21	Javier Pastore		77'
	10	Messi (c)	90+1'
	11	Sergio Agüero	20'	73'
	7	Ángel Di María		87'
Substitutions:
	18	Carlos Tevez		73'
	19	Éver Banega		77'
	22	Ezequiel Lavezzi		87'
Manager:
Gerardo Martino


GK	1	David Ospina
	18	Juan Camilo Zúñiga
	2	Cristián Zapata
	22	Jeison Murillo
	4	Santiago Arias	37'
	11	Juan Cuadrado	41'
	15	Alexander Mejía	21'
	16	Víctor Ibarbo		85'
	10	James Rodríguez (c)	12'
	19	Teófilo Gutiérrez		24'
	21	Jackson Martínez		74'
Substitutions:
	8	Edwin Cardona		24'
	9	Radamel Falcao	86'	74'
	20	Luis Muriel		85'
Manager:
José Pékerman

Man of the Match:
Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Sources

Jonny Singer. "Argentina 0-0 Colombia Copa America 2015 REPORT: Carlos Tevez scores winning penalty after ill-tempered draw" — Mail Online, June 28, 2015
"Argentina 0-0 Columbia (5-4 pens)" — BBC Sport, June 27, 2015
Keeghann Sinanan. "Messi handed MasterCard Man of the Match award for Argentina" — Copa América Chile 2015, June 26, 2015

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