This Tuesday, at the Mané Garrincha national stadium in Brasilia, the Colombian National Team will face Argentina for the semifinals of the Copa América, after reaching this stage after beating Uruguay in the quarterfinals on penalties.
The rivalry between coffee growers and gauchos has several antecedents. In history, Argentina and Colombia have met 38 times in all competitions, with a considerable advantage of the albiceleste, winning 19 games. Ten times they have tied and the other nine were in favor of the Tricolor.
As part of this particular story, Argentina’s 9-1 win over Colombia in the old South American National Team Championship in 1945 is the most striking, as well as that 5-0 of the Tricolor over the albiceleste in the Qualifiers towards the World Cup. United States 1994.
As for the Copa América, since 1999, Argentina and Colombia have met six times. The balance between both teams is even, as Argentina has won twice, Colombia twice and there have been two draws.
In fact, the last match between both teams in the Copa América ended in favor of Colombia and it was in 2019 when the Tricolor won 2-0, thanks to goals from Roger Martínez and Duván Zapata.
Latest results
Copa América Paraguay 1999: Argentina 0 – 3 Colombia
America’s Cup Peru 2004: Argentina 3 – 0 Colombia
Copa América Venezuela 2007: Argentina 4 – 2 Colombia
Copa América Argentina 2011: Argentina 0 – 0 Colombia
Copa América Chile 2015: Argentina 0 (5) – (4) 0 Colombia (quarter-finals)
Copa América Brazil 2019: Argentina 0 – 2 Colombia
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