URUGUAY 0-1 COLOMBIA | HIGHLIGHTS | CONMEBOL COPA AMÉRICA USA 2024™202407110251
URUGUAY 0-1 COLOMBIA | HIGHLIGHTS | CONMEBOL COPA AMÉRICA USA 2024™
URUGUAY 0-1 COLOMBIA | HIGHLIGHTS | CONMEBOL COPA AMÉRICA USA 2024™
URUGUAY 0-1 COLOMBIA | HIGHLIGHTS | CONMEBOL COPA AMÉRICA USA 2024™
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00:00In one of the most anticipated matchups you'll find at an international tournament, Los Cafeteros and La Celeste met in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine who would meet Argentina in the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Grand Final.
00:13Colombia and Uruguay had demonstrated in their matches leading up to this decisive knockout match that they were two of the best teams in the tournament.
00:21Los Cafeteros, the highest-scoring team in the tournament, La Celeste the second-highest-scoring team.
00:26Uruguay, tied as the team with the best defensive record. Colombia, tied for the second-best defensive record.
00:34As Marcelo Bielsa and Nestor Lorenzo's team stepped onto the pitch on a sunny North Carolina afternoon, they were all too aware one would be leaving with a ticket punch to the final, the other left to fight for third place against Canada.
00:46Bank of America Stadium was rocking from the get-go. The crowd was bursting with noise and passion, engulfing the players sprinting around on the pitch.
00:54The first 10 minutes felt like two juggernauts trying to feel each other out, with only one shot between the two.
01:02Colombia seemed to be the most likely to create the first big chance of the game, but instead that fell to Uruguay.
01:08La Celeste striker Darwin Nunez fought off multiple Colombian defenders in Los Cafeteros' penalty area and the Liverpool striker struck a powerful driven shot to the bottom left corner, but it went just wide.
01:19Chances continued to fall to the Uruguayan striker's feet, but a goal eluded him.
01:25Additionally, a Uruguayan team that has dealt with a big injury in their last match against Brazil, losing centre-back Ronaldo Araujo, then lost Rodrigo Bentancur to injury in the 35-foot.
01:36Guillermo Varela entered the match for the midfield, which marked a shift in Uruguay's tactics, switching from a back three to a back four.
01:43Colombia finally broke through in the 40-foot using the same formula that had gotten them this far.
01:49James Rodriguez plus set-piece plus great delivery plus headed goal.
01:54The noise in Bank of America Stadium rose to a roar when Rodriguez's whipped corner kick met the head of Jefferson Lerma and was thumped into ratchets near post.
02:02A beautiful moment for Colombia's captain, who in that moment broke Lionel Messi's record for the most assists in a single edition of the tournament, with his sixth helping his country take the lead in the semi-final.
02:14The match changed again in the 45-foot when Daniel Munoz, who was already on a yellow, received a second, and Los Cafeteros went down to 10 men right before halftime.
02:24A cinematic first half ended with everything to play for in the second, as Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:31In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:35In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:39In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:43In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:47In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:51In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.
02:55In the second half, Bielsa and Nestor's teams marched back down the tunnel.