Hosts Argentina crash out of the 43rd Copa America on penalties despite having a man advantage for 50 minutes.
Sergio Batista will have breathed a huge sigh of relief at the end of his team's 3-0 victory over an inexperienced and experimental Costa Rican side to progress through to the quarter finals of the Copa America.
Round two of the 43rd Copa America kicked off with the glamour tie of Group A: hosts Argentina facing Colombia, which soon settled into what was broadly a repeat of the two's dull performances from a few days before.
The 43rd Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América began last night with hosts, and favourites, Argentina stuttering to a 1-1 draw with perspective minnows Bolivia.
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