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Colombia through to Copa América semis after seeing off Peru on penalties | Colombia through to Copa América semis after seeing off Peru on penalties |
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David Ospina made an outstanding save in a shootout, Christian Cueva sent Peru’s final attempt over the crossbar and Colombia reached the Copa America semi-finals for the first time since 2004 with a 4-2 victory on penalties after a 0-0 draw on Friday night. | |
James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado and Dayro Moreno converted the first three penalties for Colombia, beating goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, and Raul Ruidiaz, Renato Tapia made the first two for Peru. | |
Related: Peru 0-0 Colombia (Colombia win 4-2 on penalties): Copa América – as it happened | Related: Peru 0-0 Colombia (Colombia win 4-2 on penalties): Copa América – as it happened |
Hoping to stay even after three rounds of kicks, Miguel Trauco sent his effort down the middle as Ospina dived to his left. The Arsenal goalkeeper raised his trailing right leg to kick the ball away. | |
Sabastian Perez converted Colombia’s fourth kick, and Cueva had a nervous look on his face as he walked up to the penalty spot and exhaled deeply. | Sabastian Perez converted Colombia’s fourth kick, and Cueva had a nervous look on his face as he walked up to the penalty spot and exhaled deeply. |
Cueva skied his kick over the crossbar. Colombian players ran out to celebrate with Ospina, who pumped both arms several times. Cueva contorted his face in pain and covered it with both hands. Ospina walked over to Cueva to console the 24-year-old midfielder. | |
Colombia, ranked No3 in the world, won their only Copa title at home in 2001, play on Wednesday in Chicago against the winner of Saturday night’s quarter-final between Mexico and the defending champions Chile. USA face Argentina or Venezuela in Houston on Tuesday in the first semi-final of the expanded tournament, played with 16 nations from throughout the Americas to celebrate the event’s 100th anniversary. | |
Before a sellout crowd of 79,194 at MetLife Stadium, Ospina also made an outstanding save in extra-time. Cueva took just the second corner for Peru of the night and Ospina leaped to tip Christian Ramos’ header over the crossbar. | |
Ranked 48th, Peru had advanced from the group stage with a controversial goal on a handball that knocked out Brazil. | |
Before an overwhelmingly pro-Colombia crowd wearing mostly yellow, Rodriguez had the best chance of the first half, taking a layoff from Edwin Cardona in the 22nd minute, dribbling through the midfield and curling a 25-yard right-footed shot that bounced off the inside of a post. Carlos Bacca sent the rebound into the side netting. | |
Neither nation managed a shot on target in the first half, and each had just one in the second. Play became more open in the last 15 minutes as the teams tried to avoid a shootout. Under the tournament’s rules, extra time is used only for the final, so the teams went straight to penalties. |