Colombia and Chile face eash other in 1/4 final of Copa America. Game will start on Saturday at 1 o'clock in the morning (Central European Time).

Colombia

This squad looked very good in group stage. They won easily 2:0 against Argentina not letting them create more than one good chance for goal. Colombia won Qatar in second game with 1:0 thanks to one late Zapata goal. They also showed good attitude as they didn't let Paraguay win them despite they already secured first place in group. If they did so they could send Argentina right to Brasil in this round. That is for respect. Something worth mentioning is that they didn't concede single goal not only in 3 group stage games but in last 5. Last opponent who scored goal to them is South Korea on 26.03.2019. Defense is rock solid despite occasionally have D.Sanchez in squad. This is how Colombia squad looked like in group stage.

Against Argentina:

  

Against Qatar:

Against Paraguay:

Always 4-3-3 formation with some good rotation of players. Main danger in Carlos Queiroz's side are of course R. Falcao (Monaco) and D. Zapata (Atalanta). Muriel (Fiorentina) is not for underestimate too. Left leg player Rodríguez Rubio(Bayern Munich) is also big danger. Cuadrado (Juventus) is great in midfield. C.Zapata (Milan), Mina González (Everton), D.Sanchez (Tottenham) and Lucumí Bonilla (Genk) look strong as central defenders while Naranjo (Athletico M) and Borja (Sporting) are mastering wing back position. Ospina Ramírez (Napoli) rules between posts. As you can see entire squad has been built from aces who play in very serious clubs. Few of players play in Colombia or in Mexican league. Colombian players have great confidence, they are very strong in defense and can score goal against anyone. Coach Carlos Queiroz could rotate them during group stage so everyone of them felt ball on this tournament.

Chile

Chile is winner of last two South American cup. They beat Japan 4:0 and Ecuador 2:1 and suffered defeat 0:1 against Uruguay. R. Rueda's side played 4-3-3 first two games which changed to 3-1-4-2 against Uruguay. That group had two not so strong squads like Japan and Ecuador, while Uruguay is very strong. Chile showed they can win against weaker opponent without much problems, but when they come to bump on road (like Uruguay) they can't. Here is how that squad looked like during group stage:

Japan

Ecuador

Uruguay

Main threat to goal should be Sanchez(Manchester United) who is not playing serious football on club level for more than a year. He was one of worse if not the worst player in Manchester United during last season, which was hard because competition for that was so strong. However he showed some skill here at least against weaker opponents. He has big motive to play to show everyone he did not forget to play football. Sanchez scored against Japan and Ecuador but could not do anything against Uruguay. His attacking partner is Vargas (Tigres UANL Mexico). Vidal(Barcelona) is the most famous face in midfield playing on left side. Pulgar (Bologna) is in the middle of midfield while Sandoval(Bayer Leverkusen) is on right side. Quite good midfield. They have Maripan(Alaves) for center defender. Rest of players are playing in Mexican, Colombian or Turkish league.

Conclusion:

I think two Sanchez will decide this game. I valued Sanchez from Chile high until his last season in Arsenal when he did not play anything. He did not play anything in Manchester United since coming too. I really don't think he will play match football against Colombia, because Colombian defenders are very good. Only if other Sanchez(from Colombia, Tottenham player) takes his place and has "one of those days" when he pass to opponents Sanchez from Chile could do something. Other striker Vargas will be in someone's pocket. When players and biggest faces like Messi and Aguero could not score and create many chances against Colombia I really don't see way for Chile to do so. Chile might have little advantage in midfield where Vidal and Cuardado will probably face each other. However I don't see way how Chile defense can stop Zapata, Falcao and Rodrigues.

Both teams have big confidence. My opinion is that Colombia is to serious for Chile at the moment and that they are going to semi-final here while last time winner is going home after this round.