Argentina 0-2 Colombia - 3 reasons why Argentina lost the match | Copa America 2019

#1 Carlos Queiroz showed more tactical acumen

Queiroz brought his managerial experience to the fore

Colombian head coach Carlos Queiroz is a 66-year-old tactically shrewd manager who is one of the most experienced coaches anywhere in the world.

To put this in perspective, when the Portuguese gaffer started his managerial career way back in 1991, his opposite number on the night Lionel Scaloni was yet to make his professional debut as a player, while he also has many years of experience having coached at some of the biggest clubs in the world.

This difference in tactical acumen was brought to the fore in the match, as Queiroz maximized his years of experience to the detriment of Argentina.

During the course of the just concluded season, there were only a handful of forwards who could claim to have been more in form than Duvan Zapata, as the 28-year-old was one of the driving forces behind Atalanta's surprise run in the Serie A, banging 28 goals in all competitions to help La Dea to Champions League qualification as well as the final of the Coppa Italia.

It would have been a no-brainer to start him, but Queiroz kept him on the bench as the ace up his sleeves and brought him on for Radamel Falcao in the 81st minute.

This proved to be a masterstroke, as the former Sampdoria man scored with virtually his first touch of the match just four minutes after coming on.

Queiroz' two other substitutes also played major roles in the match, as Jefferson Lerma provided the assist for Zapata's goal while Roger Martinez opened the scoring on the night.

On his part, Lionel Scaloni took too long to replace the misfiring Sergio Aguero with Matias Suarez, while his two other substitutions in Rodrigo de Paul and Guido Pizarro failed to offer anything significant in the match.