The Colombian team, in a magical night of the attacker Luis Díaz, who scored two goals, beat Peru 3-2 in the epilogue of the match played in Brasilia and took third place in the Copa América on Friday, whose final they dispute in early morning from Saturday to Sunday Brazil and Argentina.
The scoring was opened by Yoshimar Yotún, in the 45th minute, and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, a defeated, equalized at 49. The second goal for the coffee was scored by Díaz in the 66th minute and the parity was converted by Gianluca Lapadula in the 82nd.
The one with the victory was converted again by the Porto striker in the 94th minute, and with that goal he reached Lionel Messi with four in the lead of the scorers, as did the Peruvian Lapadula.
Renato Tapia, injured
Both the Colombian coach, Reinaldo Rueda, and the Peruvian coach, the Argentine Ricardo Gareca, maintained the same starting base and made few variations for the farewell match of both teams. In the 23rd minute, Peru lost Celta player Renato Tapia through injury.
After the widespread yawn in the first half hour, Peru took the reins and Sergio Peña and incisors Christian Cueva and Gianluca Lapadula put their foot on the accelerator.
Before the break, after a 'hat' by Peña on Gustavo Cuéllar, Cueva gained speed and enabled Yotún, who without problems surpassed goalkeeper Camilo Vargas.
The tie came well at the start of the second half with an impeccable collection of a free kick by Cuadrado after an Alexánder Callens foul on Stefan Medina from the edge of the area.
Three minutes later, Cuadrado enabled Díaz, who in a spectacular volley demanded the Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese.
Peru was about to tie, at 57 minutes, with Lapadula, who smashed his shot off the crossbar.
The 2-1 came in the 66th minute on a serve from goalkeeper Vargas that turned into a counterattack and that Díaz capitalized with elegance, scoring his third goal in the tournament.
In the final minutes, Peru tried to find an equalizer and in a corner kick taken by reserve Raziel García, Lapadula headed between the tall Colombian defenders and declared it 2-2.
But Díaz did not want to go to penalties and scored the winning goal for Colombia in the 94th minute.
In a play started by Díaz himself, which he combined with recently entered Luis Muriel, from the Italian Atalanta, who enabled him with a luxurious heel pass for Díaz to shoot from medium distance and leave Gallese without the possibility of defense. With the two goals this Friday, Díaz reached 4 and equaled the Argentine Leo Messi in the scorers' table.
The Copa América title will be disputed at dawn from this Saturday to Sunday at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the national teams of Brazil, which defends the conquest obtained in 2019, and Argentina, of the star Messi, who is looking for his first trophy of champion with the albiceleste.
Colombia. 3: Camilo Vargas; Stefan Medina, Oscar Murillo, Yerry Mina (m.54, Davinson Sánchez), William Tesillo; Wilmar Barrios (m.90, Luis Fernando Muriel), Gustavo Cuéllar (m.83, Rafael Borré), Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Edwin Cardona (m.46, Yimmi Chará); Luis Díaz and Duván Zapata (m.54, Miguel Borja)
Peru, 2: Pedro Gallese; Aldo Corzo (d.77, Jhilmar Lora), Alexánder Callens, Ánderson Santamaría, Marcos López; Renato Tapia (m.23, Wilder Cartagena), Yoshimar Yotún, Sergio Peña (m.78, Santiago Ormeño), André Carrillo; Christian Cueva (d.68, Raziel García) and Gianluca Lapadula
Goals: 0-1, m.45: Yoshimar Yotún. 1-1, m.49: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado. 2-1, m.66: Luis Díaz. 2-2, m.82: Gianluca Lapadula. 3-2, m.94: Luis Díaz.
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil). He admonished Cardona, Barrios, Murillo, Cueva and Carrillo.
Incidents: Match for the third place of the Copa América Brazil 2020 played without an audience at the National Mané Garrincha stadium in Brasilia.