Copa America final: Colombia's road to Miami

Colombia will look to stop Argentina from winning a historic 16th Copa America title when the two teams meet at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida in the early hours of Monday morning.

La Albiceleste are the defending champions after lifting the trophy for the 15th time in 2021, before they then won the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

A win for Argentina would make them the most successful team in Copa America history, but Colombia will go in search of their second title, having lifted the trophy in 2001.

Group stage

Colombia 2-1 Paraguay
Colombia 3-0 Costa Rica
Brazil 1-1 Colombia

Nestor Lorenzo's side started their campaign at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as they faced Paraguay in Group D.

Los Cafeteros leaned on experienced playmaker James Rodriguez to get them over the line in their opening match, as the former Real Madrid midfielder created both goals in a 2-1 win.

Colombia dominated proceedings and opened the scoring through Daniel Munoz, before Jefferson Lerma converted another Rodriguez pass.

Julio Enciso scored a consolation goal for Paraguay, as Colombia made it nine wins on the spin in all competitions.

Colombia's win extended their unbeaten record to 24 matches and it gave them plenty of confidence going into their second game against Costa Rica.

Lorenzo's troops made light work of their opponents as they booked their place in the quarter-finals with a game to spare thanks to a 3-0 win.

Goals from Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and Jhon Cordoba pushed Colombia clear at the top of the group, putting further pressure on Brazil ahead of their group clash in Santa Clara.

Brazil joined Colombia in the knockout stages as they played out a 1-1 draw. Selecao winger Raphinha scored a delightful free-kick to give his team the lead, only for Munoz to level in first-half stoppage time.

While their 10-match winning run came to an end, Colombia finished the group stages with seven points and extended their unbeaten record to 26 matches.

Quarter-finals

Colombia 5-0 Panama

On paper, Colombia had one of the easier quarter-final ties to navigate as they faced Panama at the State Farm Stadium in Arizona.

La Tricolor wasted no time in stamping their authority on the game, as they took the lead inside the first 10 minutes.

Cordoba netted his second goal of the tournament in the eighth minute as he headed home from a corner, before Rodriguez doubled his team's advantage from the penalty spot.

Panama goalkeeper Orlando Mosquera brought down Jhon Arias to allow Rodriguez the chance to score and he took it with a cool finish.

Rodriguez then turned provider as he set up Liverpool's Diaz from a free-kick, with his lobbed shot catching Mosquera off-guard.

Even though Colombia took their foot off the gas in the second half, they still netted two more goals.

Richard Rios netted his team's fourth before Colombia were awarded another penalty when Panama defender Jose Cordoba brought down Santiago Arias.

Substitute Miguel Borja stepped up and scored with the last kick of the match.

Semi-finals

Uruguay 0-1 Colombia

If Colombia were handed a relatively easy quarter-final tie, they were up against it in the last four when they faced Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay.

Bielsa's side had earned rave reviews for recent wins over both Argentina and Brazil, but they failed to find a way through at the Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina.

Colombia were fortunate as Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez missed several chances to score in the first half before Crystal Palace midfielder Lerma headed in from Rodriguez's corner.

Lorenzo's team had to dig in and play a counter-attacking approach when Munoz was sent off after being shown a second yellow card.

Uruguay pressed for a goal and were unfortunate when Luis Suarez hit the post, but Colombia held on to book their spot in the showpiece in the early hours of Monday.