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Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win a record 16th Copa America but the game was marred by the kick-off being delayed by 80 minutes because of trouble outside the ground in Miami.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lautaro Martinez struck in the second half of extra time from Giovani lo Celso\u2019s through ball to secure the win.<\/p>\n Captain Lionel Messi was left in tears when he had to be replaced midway through the second half after injuring himself while chasing for the ball \u2013 but was celebrating his country\u2019s third successive major tournament at the final whistle.<\/p>\n Kick-off was delayed because of chaos outside the Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n Organisers said ticketless fans tried to get into the ground, leaving some fans waiting for hours in the Miami heat for the gates to open.<\/p>\n Fans and police officers and security clashed with several arrests made. Several supporters needed treatment from paramedics.<\/p>\n On top of that the half-time break lasted for 25 minutes because of a concert by Colombian popstar Shakira on the pitch, a move that was criticised by Colombia boss Nestor Lorenzo beforehand.<\/p>\n It was a game of few clear chances in hot, humid conditions, with Colombia\u2019s Jhon Cordoba hitting the woodwork in the first half.<\/p>\n Argentina thought they had taken the lead with 15 minutes to go but Nicolas Tagliafico\u2019s effort was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n Martinez would end up as the hero \u2013 and win the Golden Boot with five goals.<\/p>\n The post Argentina beat Colombia to win 16th Copa America<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win a record 16th Copa America but the game was marred by the kick-off being delayed by 80 minutes because of trouble outside the ground in Miami. Lautaro Martinez struck in the second half of extra time from Giovani lo Celso\u2019s through ball to secure the win. Captain Lionel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}