Excellent football and world class performance by the Colombian once again at United states ground. After win against USA, the team of Jose Pekerman became confident enough which encouraged them for this Copa America Centenario journey. Definitely to win a match against Paraguay was a big challenge for Jame Rodriguez. But finally their superstar forwards goal helped them to qualify for the quarterfinal by keep one match in hand.
Result: Colombia 2 – 1 Paraguay
12′ 1 – 0 Carlos Bacca
30′ 2 – 0 James Rodriguez
71′ 2 – 1 Victor Ayala
Paraguay Vs Colombia Match Highlights video …
Team Colombia has won their first match in centennial event of Copa America 2016 against Host nation United States where they have scored two goals. Zapata has scored one goal at the eight minutes in first half and James Rodriguez has scored one goal by penalty in 42 minutes. On the other hand, team United States did not score any goal. So, Colombia is much closer to the next round than rest of the group mates. They just need to one more win and they will try to do it in upcoming match which is scheduled to stage in next 7th June, 2016 at Rose Bowl against Paraguay. They want to keep their winning streak. On the other hand, team Paraguay has drawn their first match against Costa Rica. So, there is no other way but to defeat Colombia in next match which is now their first priority.
# Match Details:
- Match Between – Colombia Vs Paraguay
- Date – 7th June, 2016
- Day – Tuesday
- Time – 22:30 (EDT)
- Ground – Rose Bowl
- Location – Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, California, United States
- Holder – City of Pasadena
- Capacity – 92,542
- Exclusive Suites – Unknown
- Surface – Grass
- Opened – 8th Oct, 1922
- Engineering – Myron Hunt
- Cost – US $3.85 million
- Tournament – Copa America Centenario 2016
- Edition – 45th
- Match No – 10th Match of the Tournament
- Match Referee – Unknown
# Head To Head:
- Total Played – 42
- Colombia Won – 19
- Paraguay Won – 17
- Drawn – 6
- No Result – 0
As stated by the previous statistics of the match between Colombia and Paraguay, they totally met 42 times where team Colombia won 19 and Paraguay won 17 times. 6 matches were drawn.
Here we provide below their possible next eleven squad for their upcoming most important match.
# Best XI of Colombia:
| S/N | Players Name | Club | P. Position | Remarks |
| 1. | David Ospina | Arsenal | Goalkeeper | VC |
| 2. | Farid Diaz | Atletico Nacional | Defender | |
| 3. | Jeison Murillo | Internazionale | Defender | |
| 4. | Santiago Arias | PSV | Defender | |
| 5. | Cristian Zapata | Milan | Defender | |
| 6. | Daniel Torres | Independiente Medellin | Midfielder | |
| 7. | Sebastian Perez | Atletico Nacional | Midfielder | |
| 8. | Edwin Cardona | Monterrey | Forward | |
| 9. | Juan Guillermo Cuadrado | Juventus | Forward | |
| 10. | James Rodriguez | Real Madrid | Forward | Skipper |
| 11. | Carlos Bacca | Milan | Forward |
# Playing Format: 4 – 2 – 4
# Coaching Staff:
- Manager – Jose Pekerman (Argentina)
- Assistant Manager – Pablo Garabello (Argentina), Patricio Camps (Argentina), Nestor Lorenzo (Argentina).
- Goalkeeping Coach – Eduardo Nino (Colombia)
# Best XI of Paraguay:
| S/N | Players Name | Club | P. Position | Remarks |
| 1. | Justo Villar | Colo Colo | Goalkeeper | |
| 2. | Paulo da Silva | Toluca | Defender | Skipper |
| 3. | Bruno Valdez | America | Defender | |
| 4. | Miguel Samudio | America | Defender | |
| 5. | Gustavo Gomez | Lanus | Defender | |
| 6. | Celso Ortiz | AZ | Midfielder | |
| 7. | Robert Piris Da Motta | Olimpia | Midfielder | |
| 8. | Derlis Gonzalez | Dynamo Kyiv | Forward | |
| 9. | Dario Lezcano | Ingolstadt 04 | Forward | |
| 10. | Jorge Benitez | Cruz Azul | Forward | |
| 11. | Oscar Romero | Racing | Forward |
# Playing Format: 4 – 2 – 4
# Coaching Staff:
- Manager – Ramon Diaz (Argentina)
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