Buenos Aires was the site of the hotly anticipated meeting between the top-two teams participating in CONMEBOL qualifying as Colombia were in town to face hosts Argentina. Argentina really should have opened the scoring on an early break out. Angel di Maria sprung the attack with a back heel into space along his wing. Pablo Zabaleta played a great ball across the six-yard box but two Argentine attackers were carrying too much momentum to adjust to the ball in time. Carlos Sanchez better be buying his goalkeeper David Ospina dinner for a week after what Ospina did to correct Sanchez's mistake. Sanchez muffed a clearance inside the Colombian penalty area giving Argentina a point-blank shot at goal. Gonzalo Higuain kicked a ball right into Ospina's chest, yet Ospina managed to get up to block a Marcos Rojo header off the rebound with a leaping tip save. A few minutes after Ospina's heroics, Higuain and Colombia's Cristian Zapata were thrown out after exchange of kicks following a collision between Higuain and Ospina. The half ended at 0-0.
The fact that the two teams were down to ten men completely ruined the match, and absolutely nothing happened in the second period. This match mercifully ends, and the score is 0-0.
Match Reports:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-argentina-held-0-0-colombia-despite-messi-005109678.html
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/97314/argentina-vs-colombia/report?
Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHK6BXBGKs
Full Match Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nExX2kxZlKk
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