Colombia vs Qatar (1-0)
Duvan Zapata’s late header saw Republic of Colombia edge Qatar 1-0 to book their spot within the Copa America quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Zapata’s 86th-minute goal was enough for Salim Queiroz’s men within the blood type encounter once they’d struggled to threaten a well-organized Qatar aspect systematically.
Radamel Falcao began on the bench, and James Rodriguez’s impact was restricted, a minimum of till the latter got wind of the winner with an elegant pass.
Zapata met James’ terrific pass and headed into the way corner to maneuver the Republic of Colombia onto six points, whereas Qatar left on one.
Colombia had a sixth-minute header by Yerry mynah properly dominated out for offside against Roger Martinez.
However, they ought to have gone ahead within the thirteenth minute, just for James to steer a header wide once a good Martinez crosses from the proper.
Colombia controlled possession – they’d sixty-eight percent within the half – however struggled to penetrate Qatar’s defense.
Colombia thought they’d get a penalty for a handball by Abdulaziz Hatem to start the last half. However, the choice was reversed once a volt-ampere review.
Set-pieces continued to seem like Colombia’s presumably avenue to a goal as mynah headed a corner wide within the 56th minute.
Martinez wasted one among his side’s best probabilities directly once the hour-mark, cutting within once an honest pass from James was however shooting low and straight at Al Sheeb.
Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina was tested doubly before Al Sheeb created another excellent stop to deny Martinez.
However, Queiroz’s men would notice their goal, James’ splendidly broken pass met by Zapata for the match-winner before the latter uncomprehensible a high likelihood to finish his brace.
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Goals
| 86′ | Colombia | D. Zapata |
Colombia Lineups
| 1 | David Ospina |
| 3 | Stefan Medina |
| 13 | Yerry Mina |
| 23 | Davinson Sánchez |
| 6 | William Tesillo |
| 11 | Juan Cuadrado |
| 5 | Wílmar Barrios |
| 15 | Mateus Uribe |
| 20 | Roger Martínez |
| 7 | Duván Zapata |
| 10 | James Rodríguez |
Qatar Lineups
| 1 | Saad Al Sheeb |
| 15 | Bassam Hisham |
| 16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
| 5 | Tarek Salman |
| 2 | Pedro Miguel |
| 10 | Hasan Al Haydos |
| 23 | Assim Madibo |
| 6 | Abdelaziz Hatem |
| 3 | Abdelkarim Hassan |
| 11 | Akram Afif |
| 19 | Almoez Ali |
Colombia – Qatar Match Statistics
Colombia |
Qatar |
|
| 19 | Shots Total | 7 |
| 5 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 9 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 5 | Shots blocked | 1 |
| 14 | Shots inside box | 3 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 9 | Fouls | 7 |
| 13 | Corners | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 68% | Possession Time | 32% |
| 563 | Passes Total | 272 |
| 475 | Accurate Passes | 196 |
| 84% | Accurate Passes% | 72% |