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70' Colombia 4-0 Panama
The referee looked like he was about to award Colombia a penalty when Rios ran onto the ball and hit a thunderbolt of a strike into the far lower corner of the net from well outside the box!
Players including the goalkeeper seemed to stop for a brief moment expecting the referee to blow his whistle.
68' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Well, I'm amazed! James Rodriguez stays on, for now.
Chants of "Lucho" reverberate around the stadium as Luis Diaz departs. He'd taken a few whacks in the second half, so it seems like a wise decision to rest him.
The industrious Jhon Arias is withdrawn too – another sign of how highly Lorenzo values the midfielder.
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66' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Colombia make their first two subs, replacing Luis Díaz and Jhon Arias with Luis Sinisterra and Jorge Carrascal.
64' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Diaz skips around a defender and darts towards the Panama box before Farina cynically clips him from behind to stop the attack, earning the defender a yellow card.
63' Colombia 3-0 Panama
A long discussion going on in the Colombia technical area between Lorenzo and his staff – changes are coming. I would be amazed if it's not James Rodriguez being withdrawn.
62' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Panama make their third change, bringing Abdiel Ayarza on for Christian Martínez.
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60' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Luis Diaz ball-juggling in a Copa America quarterfinal... Colombia are enjoying themselves, playing with freedom and sensing a chance to score a few more here. Aside from that bit of showboating, Diaz is running for balls in the channel with such determination that you'd think Colombia were 1-0 down.
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57' Colombia 3-0 Panama
The Colombia fans here starting chanting "Ole!" with each pass as their team coolly works the ball around the pitch, comfortably retaining possession with more control than they demonstrated in the first half.
54' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Welch and Rodriguez come together contesting for the ball before the Colombian goes to ground after Welch catches him up high.
Welch is shown Panama's first yellow card of the match.
53' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Halftime substitute Guerrero gets involved for the first time, running onto a long ball in the Colombia box and flashing a shot across the face of goal that runs out for a goal kick.
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51' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Listening to Colombia manager Nestor Lorenzo at his press conference yesterday, he's not the sort of man who takes anything for granted. But you have to wonder at what point he starts to think about resting players for the semifinal. James Rodriguez would be the first consideration, bearing in mind his lack of minutes at club level prior to the Copa America.
48' Colombia 3-0 Panama
As the second half takes a moment to come to life, let's look back at how Colombia got into this dominant position.
The first half marked the first time that Colombia had scored three goals in the opening 45 minutes of a Copa America game since 1957.
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46' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Panama kick off and we're back in action in Arizona!
Panama have made a double switch ahead of the second half kickoff, taking Roderick Miller and César Blackman off and replacing them with Carlos Harvey and Eduardo Guerrero.
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More James Rodriguez stats, you say? You bet!
He's now the second player since 2011 to record five assists at a single edition of Copa America, joining Lionel Messi who did so in 2021.
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With his assist on Jhon Córdoba's opener in the eighth minute and his own goal from the penalty spot in the 15th minute, James Rodriguez became the first player to register a goal and an assist in the first 15 minutes of a Copa America match since at least 2011 (when Opta started tracking such data).
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What a first half for Colombia and in particular James Rodriguez. Two assists and a goal. That's five assists so far in Copa America. He turns 33 next week and is looking for a new club...
Panama created some real chances to score in that half but it hardly matters when Colombia's attack is this deadly.
45+1' Colombia 3-0 Panama
Two minutes are added on to the end of the first half.
