Colombia's Record Achievements Until The Semifinals Of The 2024 Copa America

Colombia carved several records up to the semifinals of the 2024 Copa America (doc. Conmebol).

JAKARTA - Colombia managed to penetrate the 2024 Copa America final. They will meet Argentina in the top match on July 15, 2024.

Los Cafeteros deserves to hold the final ticket thanks to their performances since the first match of the tournament. Until they got the final ticket, Colombia had never lost five matches that had been played.

How can Lorenzo's squad occupy the first position in Group D without defeat, two wins and one draw.

The only draw was won when they met Brazil (1-1) in the final group match. Meanwhile, the other two parties ended in wins, namely against Paraguay (2-1) and Costa Rica (3-0).

In the quarter-finals, they got crazier. Panama was massacred with a landslide score of 5-0.

Colombia then met another 2024 Copa America champions candidate, Uruguay, in the semifinals. They were able to get through well with a narrow 1-0 win through Jefferson Lerma's single goal.

Colombia's flashy appearance recorded a number of slick statistics. The 2024 Copa America final was their third peak party during their participation in Conmebol's biggest tournament.

Los Cafeteros is now eyeing a second Copa America title. Previously, Colombia had touched the final in the 1975 edition.

At that time, they lost to Peru (0-1) and had to settle for being runners-up.

Only in the 2001 edition, Colombia won their first Copa America title. They beat Mexico 1-0 in the final.

The reaching of the final in this year's edition made Colombia the fourth team to reach more than one Copa America final in the 21st century. They are below Argentina (6) and Brazil (4) and Chile (2) follow behind suit.

In addition, the victory over Uruguay in the semifinals of the 2024 Copa America ended Colombia's streak of defeat in the top four.

Colombia has eight times touched the top four of the Copa America in a knockout brakette format. Six of them failed to win (1987, 1993, 1995, 2004, 2016, and 2021).

Lerma's goal against Uruguay also set a record for Colombia. This is the first time they have scored 12 goals in a Copa America issue, surpassing goals in their two editions for the semifinals in 1975 (11 goals) and 2001 (10 goals) editions.

Colombia's victory in the semifinals of the 2024 Copa America also extended their unbeaten record to 28 consecutive matches in all competitions.

Colombia will face Argentina who has a tradition of winning in the Copa America. The Tango team, who is also the defending champion, is the most successful team with 15 titles with Uruguay.