Copa America: Chile Beat Colombia To Reach Second Straight Final

Chile will play Argentina in Sunday’s Copa America final after beating Colombia 2-0 in a match delayed more than two hours by a torrential storm.

They were two up at the break but the second half was halted as an electrical storm saturated Soldier Field, Chicago.

Charles Aranguiz converted a rebound past Arsenal’s David Ospina to put Chile ahead and Jose Pedro Fuenzalida struck four minutes later.

The final is a repeat of last year’s, which hosts Chile won on penalties.

The Colombians will now play hosts the United States in the third-place play-off on Saturday.

Argentina beat the United States 4-0 on Tuesday night, with the rout including a spectacular free-kick goal from Lionel Messi that saw him become the country’s leading scorer.

Copa America: Chile Beat Colombia To Reach Second Straight Final

Samudeen, 2 Others For Black Stars

Officials of the Ghana Football Association have mentioned that some players in the ongoing 2015/16 Ghana Premier League, can easily make it into the Black Stars team.

 

Coach Avram Grant is expected to name his 18-man squad for Ghana’s upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mozambique later this month.

Already some names apart from the regular players have started emerging and this time, some local players have been tipped to make it into Coach Avram Grant’s team.

 

“I believe that some players in the local league can make it into the Black Stars easily, looking at the quality of the league so far”, Communications Director of the GFA Ibrahim Saanie Daara mentioned.

 

According to him, players like Hearts of Oak’s Samudeen Ibrahim, WAFA’s Samuel Tetteh and Baba Mahama are likely candidates to gain cal up into the Black Stars, but all that well depend on the coach.

 

“We all know that the selection is done by the coaches, but I believe that players like Samudeen, Samuel Tetteh, Baba Mahama can all make it into the team because they are good and can challenge for a position with their foreign counterparts.”

 

 

The Black Stars take on the Mumbai of Mozambique on March 24 before travelling to Maputo three days later for the return leg.

Samudeen, 2 Others For Black Stars