sport news Colombia 1-0 Paraguay: Colombia ease through in first place

Colombia 1-0 Paraguay: Gustavo Cuellar makes it three wins from three as Colombia ease into the next round of the Copa America Colombia beat Paraguay in the Copa America, easily progressing to the quarters  Gustavo Cuellar opened the scoring after 31 minutes to give Colombia the lead Colombia thought they had a second, but Luis Diaz handled it in the build up 

By Richard Martin, Reuters

Published: 21:55 BST, 23 June 2019 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 23 June 2019

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Colombia made it three wins from three after beating Paraguay in the Copa America at the Arena Fonte Nova in Brazil on Sunday night.   

Colombia enjoyed a 1-0 win over Paraguay despite fielding a second-string side to make it a clean sweep of victories in their Copa America group stage campaign, leaving Paraguay's hopes of staying in the tournament hanging by a thread.

Colombia were guaranteed a place in the last eight as Group B winners and made 10 changes from the side that beat Qatar in their last outing but still dominated play while Paraguay, who had to win to ensure they progressed, barely caused any danger. 

Colombia's Gustavo Cuellar scores their first goal of the match against Paraguay on Sunday

Colombia's Gustavo Cuellar scores their first goal of the match against Paraguay on Sunday

Gustavo Cuellar celebrates with his team-mates as his goal takes them 1-0 up against Paraguay

Gustavo Cuellar celebrates with his team-mates as his goal takes them 1-0 up against Paraguay

Luis Diaz thought he had added a second, but it was ruled out for handball after a VAR check

Luis Diaz thought he had added a second, but it was ruled out for handball after a VAR check

MATCH FACTS 

Colombia (4-3-3): Montero; Arias, Zapata, Lucumi, Borja; Lerma, Cuellar, Cardona (Barrios 85); Cuadrado (Rodriguez 58), Falcao (Zapata 66), Diaz

Subs not used: Medina, Tesillo, Vargas, Mina, Uribe, Martinez,

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