{"id":485140,"date":"2024-07-11T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T06:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485140"},"modified":"2024-07-11T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T06:02:10","slug":"colombia-defeats-uruguay-1-0-to-face-argentina-in-copa-america-final","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/colombia-defeats-uruguay-1-0-to-face-argentina-in-copa-america-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia defeats Uruguay 1-0 to face Argentina in Copa America final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colombia advanced to the Copa America final with a gritty 1-0 victory over Uruguay, despite being reduced to 10 men for the entire second half. The semi-final, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, concluded in chaotic scenes as players clashed with fans, prompting an investigation by South American governing body CONMEBOL.<\/p>\n<p>The match began with a dominant display of support from the Colombian fans among the 70,000-plus crowd. Jefferson Lerma emerged as the hero for Colombia, scoring the decisive goal after Uruguay&#8217;s Darwin Nunez squandered multiple opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Nunez, the Liverpool forward, missed a crucial chance in the 17th minute, curling his shot just wide. He then followed with a scuffed effort and another missed strike, leaving him visibly frustrated on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia capitalized on these missed chances when Lerma managed to rise above the Uruguayan defense during a corner and head the ball past goalkeeper Sergio Rochet. This goal, assisted by James Rodriguez, marked Rodriguez&#8217;s sixth assist of the tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ca\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8| James Rodr\u00edguez for Colombia in 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 5 games<br \/>\n\u2014 6 assists<br \/>\n\u2014 1 goal<\/p>\n<p>What a tournament he&#8217;s having! \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QoSZcjdeEH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QoSZcjdeEH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CentreGoals. (@centregoals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/centregoals\/status\/1811200073386041461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite facing intense pressure and playing a man down after a red card in the second half, Colombia held on to secure their place in the final, where they will face defending champions Argentina.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\">\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PlbVLCHTkA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/PlbVLCHTkA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1811226954659426436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Uruguay players were fighting with Colombia fans after the game \ud83d\ude2c<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7OhnE2O56S\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7OhnE2O56S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buttcrack Sports (@ButtCrackSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCrackSports\/status\/1811220662243012988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The match&#8217;s conclusion saw tensions boil over, with Uruguayan players confronting Colombian fans in the stands, leading to a security scramble to restore order. CONMEBOL announced it was investigating the post-match incidents to understand and address the causes of the chaos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_FFFuHlFlKw?si=yHXTHQRo8xZ8a2Hs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombia advanced to the Copa America final with a gritty 1-0 victory over Uruguay, despite being reduced to 10 men for the entire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":485141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[22087,22265,19287],"news_category":[14236,14235,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[22088,22266,19289],"acf":{"announce":"Despite playing with 10 men, Colombia managed to win the second semi-final in Charlotte","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485143,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485140\/revisions\/485143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485140"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=485140"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=485140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}