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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