Colombia was entrusted to the magic of James Rodriguez, who was questioned by his sore left shoulder and, finally, was the hero in a 2-1 win against Paraguay, which grazed the tie at the end of the meeting. This result gives coffee growers into the quarter-finals of the America's Cup, as the team Pekerman lead Group A with six points, while Paraguay his pass will be played to the next round in the final game of the phase groups against the United States. Colombia, had the support of a devoted audience witnessed a spectacular game of James, with overflow, creativity, ingenuity and goal. Colombia played and played in the first moments, always with order and exatitude , using Farid Diaz and Juan Cuadrado as missiles on the wing and James and Sebastian Perez very active offensively creation. 12 minutes into the Colombian joy burst with a great header of Bacca, rising above Miguel Samudio after assistance from the corner of James, who then had a new opportunity in his boots, with a hard shot that interrupted Villar. They were moments of great game and mastery of Pekerman facing a very gotten back and rely almost entirely to the recovery -Ortiz ball and Da Motta offering a great job of restraint, the counterattack and speed of Dario Lezcano team. Paraguay did not stop bad news. A strong clash between Murillo and Villar left goalkeeper knocked out for a few minutes, and connection-James Cardona played better and better with the passage of minutes.
30 minutes, Bacca was going to return the benefit to James and after a great Separate move, which contributed with his final service Cardona, the star of Real Madrid's plugged in by crossing the right post area.
Bad luck is fattened with Paraguay. I wanted to react fast, but the referee disallowed for offside a header work of Da Silva after passing Romero, which was followed by another chance to Bacca, a real terror in the penalty area.
The Milan striker was the stylus of a team that showed a huge deployment and only let his guard down just before the break, including a freekick from Romero that was about to surprise Ospina and a failure by Lezcano that repelled the crossbar.
Passing through costumes served to Paraguay recovered and warn again of his danger from set pieces, especially with a precise header Gomez led a magnificent stretched the Arsenal keeper.
Colombia, reduced to the flashes of James, had dropped several notches in intensity and hierarchy on the field and became almost entirely the domain of the ball to his opponent, aware that he must by all means attack.
And so came the reward for the team Guarani by a right cross precious from outside the area Ayala bill. A while meant an injection of confidence and faith for Ramon Diaz, completely thrown for a draw.
Bruno Valdez had him on his feet after 76 minutes, but the expulsion of Oscar Romero in the final definitely complicated the heroic task he had undertaken Paraguay, which, after a valiant effort, now clings to a great result against United States stay alive in the competition.
So they lined up:
Colombia: David Ospina; Arias, Zapata, Murillo, Diaz; Perez Torres, Juan Cuadrado, James Rodriguez, Cardona and Carlos Bacca.
Paraguay: Justo Villar; Valdez, Gomez, Da Silva, Samudio, Piris, Ortiz Romero, Almiron, Benitez Lezcano.
