Jefferson Lerma scored in the 39th minute; Colombia played a man short the entire second half in a 1-0 victory against Uruguay on Wednesday night to qualify for the Copa America final against Lionel Messi and Argentina.

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Players from both sides pushed and shoved in a scrum on the field at the final whistle in a controversial game included seven yellow cards and one red. Darwin Núñez and around twelve Uruguay colleagues entered the stands as spectators brawled. Núñez was shown on a video striking a fan in Colombian team colors.

 

 

Colombia will play Lionel Messi and Argentina in Copa America final; it wins Uruguay 1-0

Jefferson Lerma scored in the 39th minute; Colombia played a man short the whole second half in a 1-0 victory over Uruguay on Wednesday night to qualify for Copa America final against Lionel Messi and Argentina.

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Players from both sides pushed and shoved in a scrum on the field at the final whistle in a controversial game included seven yellow cards and one red. Darwin Núñez and around twelve Uruguay colleagues entered the stands as spectators brawled. Núñez was shown striking a fan in Colombian team colors on a video.

Defending champion Colombia and Argentina at Miami Gardens, Florida, Sunday night Seeking a record 16th Copa trophy, the Albiceleste also want to match Spain from 2008-12 as the only nation to have three consecutive major championships.

Uruguay stays in Charlotte to play Canada in the third-place Saturday night game.

Uruguay dropped behind for the first time in the tournament before an extremely pro-Colombia gathering of 70,644 filling Bank of America Stadium with yellow jerseys and flags.

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Mexican referee César Ramos gave Muñoz his first yellow card for a reckless sliding tackle on Maximiliano Araújo and his second for elbowing Manuel Ugarte in the stomach in the 31st minute.

After Richard Ríos was booted on a shin by Darwin Núñez, the referee stopped play and Rodríguez received a yellow card for arguing with Ramos.

After being taken out on a stretcher, Ríos re-entered the game, then dropped in another challenge in the 62nd minute. Rodríguez was taken out simultaneously to maintain his eligibility for the final.

Until he stopped Nicolás de la Cruz in the 68th minute, Colombia goalkeeper Camilo Vargas had not had to make his first save.

Entering in the 66th minute and striking the outside of a post with a shot in the 71st, Luis Suárez, Uruguay’s career leader with 68 goals, He disgustedly grabbed his head in his hands.

Another second-half sub, Mateus Uribe of Colombia, opened an open shot wide in the 88th, ricocheted off the body of falling goalkeeper Sergio Rochet and then the crossbar in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Desperate for a goal, Uruguay shifted Rochet forward in the last minute.

The game was scheduled in 90-degree heat on a surface that had been changed from synthetic turf to grass in the weeks preceding it.

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