2024-07-12 00:39:30
The heat was seen at the beginning of the match, the referee had to stand aside all the time, at one stage he had to show a red card. The second semi-final of the Copa America between Colombia and Uruguay was just so heated. However, James Rodriguez’s team was ahead before the break of the first half. They went into the break leading through Jefferson Lamar’s goal.
Today Thursday (July 11) in the match that started at 6 am Bangladesh time, the two teams fought almost equally in the battle for possession of the ball in the first half. Colombia kept 46 percent of the ball against Uruguay’s 54 percent possession.
Uruguay could not put a single shot on target with 4 shots in the match. On the contrary, Colombia scored 1 goal with 8 shots on 3 targets. The match was full of fouls from the beginning. In the first half, Uruguay made 6 fouls in the first half, Colombia made 10 fouls. Both teams saw 1 yellow card each, but Colombia received a red card just before the break.
Colombia’s John Aris made the first attack in the sixth minute of the match. His shot goes outside the box. Lerma missed another in the 16th minute. Uruguay attacked first in the seventeenth minute. However, Darwin Nunez did not find the target in that shot.
Meanwhile, Nicolas de lo Cruz of Uruguay saw a yellow card in the 26th minute. Along his way, Daniel Munoz of Colombia saw the same card in the 31st minute. After eight minutes, Colombia cheered to go ahead.
Colombia captain Rodriguez blasted the ball from the right corner. Lerma was three hands away from the goal post. He jumped up and touched the head with his eyes to fly. Colombia advances. The Uruguayan goalkeeper had nothing to do.
Immediately after moving on, Saturn filled Colombia’s fortunes. First half time is over, added time is underway. Just then Munoz saw the red card. In the first minute of added time, one of the Uruguayans had to be sent off for a hard tackle.