The 2-0 victory against Argentina in the opening game of the Copa América has raised hopes among Colombian football fans of winning their second ever Copa América title, but first, the second game of the group stage for Colombia, vs Qatar.
Los Cafeteros are favourites for this game, after their impressive performance vs Argentina on Saturday. The influence of new manager Carlos Queiroz was clearly visible. He created a very well organised Colombian defence and midfield that blunted the strong Argentinian attack with Ángel di María, Sergio Agüero and Lionel Messi pretty much invisible. Wílmar Barrios was one of the best players on the pitch and the holding midfielder based at Zenit Saint Petersburg effectively neutralised Argentina’s path to the strikers.
