Copa America 2019: Argentina 0-2 Colombia - 3 talking points

Argentina are unable to stop Colombia from taking 3 points.
Argentina are unable to stop Colombia from taking 3 points.

#2 Duvan Zapata continues to impress

Zapata has been spectacular this season for club and country.
Zapata has been spectacular this season for club and country.

Heading into the 2018/2019 season, few if any would have pin-pointed Duvan Zapata as a player to watch out for in Serie A.

The 28-year-old had had an unspectacular career till that time, undergoing multiple loans since the start of the 2015/2016 season.

He arrived Atalanta on loan from Sampdoria in July 2018 and instantly settled to life at the club, scoring in eight matches consecutively between November and January (including a four-goal haul against Frosinone on January 20, 2019) becoming the first Atalanta player since Hasse Jepson in 1952 to achieve this feat in a single match.

In total, the Colombian international scored 28 goals from 48 matches in all competitions to help his side to a top-three league finish as well as make it to the final of the Coppa Italia.

Having failed to make it to his country's final 23-man squad to the World Cup last year, Zapata has been making up for lost time since the run of the year.

The former Napoli man scored his first international goal for his country in a 3-0 victory over Peru and six days later broke his duck in a competitive fixture when he netted the decisive second in the fixture against Argentina.

The joy at achieving this feat was evident for all to see, as he took off his shirt before peeling away in celebration and duly received a yellow card for his actions.

Duvan Zapata has made a strong case for starting ahead of Radamel Falcao in Colombia's next match against Qatar and if he is to keep up with his goalscoring trajectory, there could be no stopping him in the future.

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Edited by Nnanna Mba