Argentina join Brazil in Copa America final!
Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria qualified for the final of the Copa America, overcoming Colombia on penalties in Tuesday night's semi-final.
Argentina opened the scoring early, only to be pegged back in the second half and in the end they prevailed 3-2 on penalties. Leandro Paredes scored his penalty in the shootout after coming on in the 56th minute, just like Di Maria, who was in introduced in the 67th minute.
Our Argentine duo will now face Paris clubmates Neymar Jr and Marquinhos in the final, this Sunday (2am French time) at the Maracaña in Rio de Janeiro.
ARGENTINE 1-1 (3-2 on pens.) COLOMBIA (H-T: 1-0, F-T: 1-1, AET: 1-1)
Copa America 2021 - Semi-final
Estádio Nacional de Brasília (Brasília, Brazil)
Goals: Lautaro (A) 7', Diaz (C) 61'.
ARGENTINA: Martinez, Otamendi, Tagliafico, Pezzella, Molina (Montiel, 46'), De Paul, Rodriguez, Lo Celso (Paredes, 56'), Messi, Lautaro, Gonzalez (Di Maria, 67'). Coach: L. Scaloni.
COLOMBIA: Ospina, Tesillo (Fabra, 46'), Mina, Sanchez, Muñoz, Cuadrado, Cuellar (Chara, 46'), Barrios, Zapata (Borja, 60'), Borré (Cardona, 46'), Diaz. Coach: R. Rueda.