Argentina 0-2 Colombia - 3 reasons why Argentina lost the match | Copa America 2019

#2 Colombia took their chances

Duvan Zapata scored with his first touch of the match

While Argentina have every right to be disappointed with their lack of attacking bite over the entirety of the game, there was a brief 15-minute period in the middle of the second half when they were in the clear ascendancy and had Colombia pegged on the back foot.

They created some decent goalscoring chances with Nicolas Otamendi and Leandro Paredes forcing saves from David Ospina in the Colombian goal while Lionel Messi should have done better with a header from a parry by the goalkeeper. During this cameo, Argentina had no less than five shots of which three were on target.

In total, Scaloni's men fired 13 shots at the Colombian goal, having six on target but rather tellingly, none was able to find the back of the net.

By contrast, Colombia did not test Franco Armani in the Argentine goal until the 71st minute when Club America forward Roger Martinez showed great footwork before unleashing an unstoppable shot into the corner. 15 minutes later, Duvan Zapata doubled his nation's lead after a wonderful square ball by Jefferson Lerma to guarantee his side's victory.

In total, Colombia had just eight shots of which two were on target and it is telling that each of their shots on target ended in the back of the net while Argentina had to pay for their profligacy.