Colombia edge out Uruguay on penalties to reach Copa semis
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Brasilia, July 4 : David Ospina saved two penalty attempts as Colombia advanced to the Copa America semifinals with a 4-2 shootout win over Uruguay here.
The Napoli goalkeeper dived low to his right to keep out Jose Gimenez s spot-kick and then leaped to his left to palm away Matias Vina s attempt at the Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia on Saturday, reports Xinhua.
The match went to a shootout after a goalless 90 minutes in which neither team posed a clear attacking threat.
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Un Uruguay en ascenso enfrentará este sábado en cuartos de final de la Copa América-2021 a una Colombia que levantó la cabeza y va por más tras la polémica derrota contra Brasil en su último partido de la fase de grupos.
El partido se jugará desde las 5:00 p.m. en el estadio Mane Garrincha de Brasilia.
Uruguay llegó a esta instancia tras ubicarse segundo detrás de Argentina en el Grupo A, con 7 puntos; Colombia pasó en la tercera posición del Grupo B con 4 unidades, debajo de Brasil y Perú.
La selección cafetera encara el primer desafío de eliminación diez días después de su último encuentro contra el local, del que salió derrotada (2-1) y furiosa por un polémico arbitraje del argentino Néstor Pitana.
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Brasilia, Jun 27 (EFE).- Andre Carrillo scored in the 48th minute to give Peru the 1-0 win over Venezuela, eliminating the latter from Copa America competition on the last day of Group B battles.
The Peruvian national team now moves to the quarterfinals.
With the three points garnered for the win on Sunday at the Mane Garrincha stadium in Brasilia, the “Blanquirroja” squad has now completed seven matches and is in the No. 2 spot in Group B, three points behind the Brazilian national team.
Venezuela, who was bringing up the rear in the group with just two points, was eliminated from further play, but Ecuador also moved into the quarterfinals, ending up in fourth place in the group after tying Brazil 1-1 on Sunday.