Colombia continues to rise America Cup and sent Panama in the quarterfinals with an unassailable win (5-0) to advance to the penultimate round of the tournament, where they will face Uruguay yes Brazil for a place in the grand final of Hard Rock Stadium Next week.
An imperial James Rodríguez, author of a penalty goal and two assists, one of them amazing Luis Diaz, was enough to return the classification with a good first half that ended 3-0. The Panama of Thomas Christiansen He had his worst performance in his farewell and was never a match for the coffee team, lethal every time he stepped into the penalty area. Orlando Mosquera.
The group of Nestor Lorenzo It continues to work like clockwork and its candidacy for the title is by no means a chimera. The party began to ask questions Colombia, who was first on the scoreboard in the minute with a header from Jhon Córdoba following a corner kick, of course, by James Rodríguez (8′). The former Spanish player has already secured a position as the starting center forward for the coffee team.
Just three minutes later, goalkeeper Mosquera tripped Arias on a bad start and the referee awarded a penalty. James was unforgiving from eleven meters to extend the advantage before the end of the first quarter of an hour of the game.
Colombia dominated at will from then on but in an isolated play Panama almost made it 2-1. A mirage. At the end of half-time, James got a foul from the center circle and called Luis Díaz in front of the opposing goal, scoring a 3-0 Vaseline score.
The second half was uneventful as Panama preferred to avoid a scandalous defeat and Colombia chose to dose its energy thinking about the semifinals. Richard Ríos ended the monotony of the second 45 minutes with a great shot from outside the area that meant the final 4-0. The Panamanians protested the action because they still stood by the thought that the referee would award a penalty. However, Italian referee Maurizio Mariani did not blow the whistle and the goal went up on the scoreboard.
Already in stoppage time, Valencia converted a cathedral penalty to Santiago Arias and Miguel Borja, who made his Copa América debut after coming off the bench, sealed the win and a great collective performance by a Colombia that wanted it all.
Source: La Verdad
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