THAT WAS THE CHANCE! And it fell to the one man who you would put your mortgage on to convert it!! Guarin does splendidly to shake off a challenge and charge his side forward on the break. He squares wide for Ramos, who clips a lovely ball towards the far post, where Falcao somehow plants a header over the bar! That's his bread and butter!
89'
GUARIN WITH A HUGE BLOCK! Neymar overruns the ball at the top of the box, but it breaks for Coutinho, who takes it to the far post but sees his attempt at a finish blocked by the Inter man!
87'
OSPINA HAS TO BE QUICK! A reverse ball nearly finds Neymar, who's still running at 100mph even at this late stage. He gets goalside of the last defender, but can't beat the Arsenal keeper to the punch!
85'
A. Ramos enters the game and replaces C. Sánchez.
That was quite special to witness, and now it looks like Brazil will take the win! They needed something extraordinary to break down the defence and my goodness has Neymar provided that!
83'
Neymar has scored a goal for Brazil!
Complaints from Colombia ring out as the referee blows a ate whistle for a handball on Armero, within shooting range of Ospina's goal. Not intentional, but it clearly struck his dangling hand.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Neymar has done it! He couldn't break the door down from open play, so he blew the hinges off from that free-kick! A MAGNIFICENT effort that sailed into the top corner!
81'
Can Falcao get a chance before all is said and done? Los Cafeteros have done a sterling job repelling Brazil since Cuadrado's dismissal. Is there scope for them to create one more chance to snatch this?
80'
Marquinhos enters the game and replaces David Luiz.
79'
Break in play here as David Luiz pulls up off the ball. Never a good sign when a player goes down away from play. He limps off behind the goal to get treated, and it's doubtful at this stage if he'll be able to continue.
77'
Robinho enters the game and replaces Diego Tardelli.
R. Falcao enters the game and replaces J. Rodríguez.
James was the man sacrificed for Falcao, as we're denied the chance to see the two Colombia stars on the pitch together. Tardelli's return to the Brazil XI is also ended as another prodigal son comes on. Robinho is introduced.
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76'
The fans are whipped into a real frenzy as Falcao is set to make his belated appearance off the bench. The new Manchester United man will be eager to perform for his country after missing the World Cup.
74'
Colombia make another change. Zuniga has run himself ragged, popping up virtually everywhere on the pitch. Mejia is his replacement. Still goalless here with just over a quarter of an hour to go.
73'
A. Mejía enters the game and replaces C. Zúñiga.
Oscar has had a mixed evening but it's over now. On comes Coutinho, and he'll slot right into his attacking midfield role. Can Liverpool do what Chelsea couldn't? Willian's night is also done, as Everton Ribeiro replaces him.
72'
Éverton Ribeiro enters the game and replaces Willian.
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces Oscar.
71'
Brazil aren't doing enough to take advantage of Colombia's 10 men, in my opinion. Ospina was last tested when Cuadrado was still on the pitch. Los Cafeteros are still offering an occasional threat of their own down at the other end.
69'
Splendid defending from Zapata. Oscar's searching diagonal ball seemed for one second to be heading for Tardelli behind the defence, but the former Udinese defender reads the play wonderfully, and makes the interception.
67'
Sensible changes from Pekerman. Guarin adds the extra body in midfield that they've been missing since Cuadrado's dismissal. Colombia will need to take less risks in attack and take their chances when presented. Bacca has proven that he can do that.
65'
F. Guarín enters the game and replaces J. Martínez.
Some heavy hitters off the bench for Colombia. Pekerman swaps out his two front men as Teo and Martinez jog off. On comes Guarin and Bacca and, to the delight of the fans, Falcao is about to enter as well.
64'
C. Bacca enters the game and replaces T. Gutiérrez.
Much stronger Colombian contingent in the stands tonight than Brazil. No surprise in Miami. The natives are getting agitated in the stands in a good way as their side hang onto this stalemate.
62'
LAST DITCH STUFF! Some real desperate but committed defending from los Cafeteros! Oscar and Willian both see the door down the left flank shut at the last moment, leading to a corner, which comes to nothing.
60'
Tardelli misses his mark! This time, the Brazil move does come off. Willian plays it into Oscar, and his decoy run down the left allows his Chelsea teammate to heel it into the path of Tardelli, who takes a first-time shot but can't test Ospina!
58'
Brazil are perhaps trying to be too over-elaborate with their attacking possessions. Too many flicks and one-touch passes that aren't coming off. Armero intercepts the latest attempt from Willian.
56'
T. Gutiérrez gets yellow.
The pot, simmering all game, has really boiled over since Cuadrado's dismissal. Teo is the latest name in the referee's little black book, and once again Neymar is the victim. The Barca man goes rolling after another tackle.
55'
Brazil now have the numerical advantage, and there should really be no excuse if they fail to bring it home now. They've been performing well for most of the game and now it's time for them to apply the cutting edge.
53'
Oscar is a player who really divides opinion. Having played an obscene number of games for club and country over the past two or three years, the Chelsea man can at once completely unhinge a defence and disappear completely from a game.
51'
After some delay, Neymar strikes the free kick but it's deflected out for a corner. The dead ball is then flighted towards the far post, but Colombia get it clear. Not the last time they'll be forced to do that now.
49'
J. Cuadrado gets a second yellow card and is sent off.
NEYMAR JUST MISSES! Exchanging passes with Fernandinho, he strides past Arias as if he wasn't there. He has only the keeper to beat, but Ospina makes himself large and puts him off!
CUADRADO SENT OFF! The referee saw him plant a forearm into the lower back of Neymar and doesn't hesitate to show him his second yellow card! What a blow for Colombia to lose their best player on the night.
48'
Some changes to round up from half time. Ramirez has been swapped for Arias while Brazil haul off their own Ramires, bringing on his fellow Premier Leaguer Fernandinho. Gustavo is also sacrificed for Elias. Completely new midfield base for the Selecao.
47'
Early chance for Colombia after Luiz heads the ball at full speed towards Maicon, who can only knee it to James at the top of the box. The Real Madrid man cracks one at goal almost instantly, but it's well wide of the far post in the end.
46'
Elias enters the game and replaces Luiz Gustavo.
S. Arias enters the game and replaces A. Ramírez.
Fernandinho enters the game and replaces Ramires.
Here we go again.
45' +2
The referee brings us to half-time.
45' +1
Still time for the referee to award one more yellow card before we break. Valdes seems to like the taste of Gustavo's ankle and is booked for a clumsy challenge on the Wolfsburg man.
45'
C. Valdés gets yellow.
44'
Teo has started to get more involved in play, and he combines nicely with Martinez, just about failing to latch onto the Porto man's flick past his marker Miranda. Half time very close now.
43'
Colombia putting the Brazil back line under more pressure, and David Luiz has his first really hairy moment with an unconvincing swinging clearance from Martinez's low cross. No one will forget his capitulation against Germany in the World Cup semis, one of the worst ever displays that I've seen from a professional footballer.
41'
CUADRADO! For better or for worse, the Fiorentina wide man has been heavily involved. This time, he cuts onto his right foot from the left side and lets fly, but Jefferson gets down low to make the save!
40'
Zuniga becomes the latest witness to the power of yellow. For a challenge on Willian, the referee shown no mercy to the Colombia man. What is that, five bookings we're up to now?
39'
C. Zúñiga gets yellow.
Oscar and Maicon attempt to carve apart Colombia's left flank, but the former Inter full back just can't get the step on Armero outside the area. Would have had a clean run almost to the near post had he latched onto that properly.
37'
NOT BAD! Zuniga has a few fans out of their seats for just a moment as he takes aim from all of 30 yards after Colombia won the ball inside the Brazil half. It's curling and dipping, but not in time to sneak under the crossbar. Goalkick for Brazil to come.
35'
BAD MISS FROM OSCAR! The Selecao break with purpose and penetration, with the Chelsea man on the receiving end inside the box, at the left-hand post. However, he fluffs his lines and misses the target. He looks sheepish at that blown opportunity.
33'
Luiz Gustavo gets yellow.
Yet another booking to catch you up on. Gustavo brings down James in plain view of the referee and is shown yellow. Good free kick chance which James stands over, but he can't trouble Jefferson.
31'
Now Sanchez gets his name taken after complaining to the referee for a yet-useen injustice. That yellow cards going to have tread marks by full time the way it's in and out of the ref's pocket!
30'
Cuadrado has dealt out two meaty challenges already, one of which he was booked for. Now, he's on the receiving end of some rough Brazilian treatment as Ramires takes him out with a late foul. Yellow for the Chelsea man.
29'
Ramires gets yellow.
28'
Apart from that earlier no-goal from Tardelli, we haven't seen much from the Atletico Mineirao striker. Brazil fans couldn't wait to see the backs of Fred and Jo, but Tardelli will have his moments when he leaves fan's scratching their heads.
26'
Brazil are starting to put their foot down and assert themselves. Already on edge after a few rough Colombian challenges and perceived non-action from the referee, they're beginning to channel their energy into an attacking threat.
24'
CLOSE CALL! Tardelli is teed up inside the area and strokes home what looks like his first goal for his country, but the flag is up! Replays suggest a really tight decision that could have gone either way.
22'
Cuadrado doesn't test Jefferson with his free kick but the Brazilian remonstrations continue, as a foul on Neymar earlier went un-penalized by the referee. No dice from the match official though, and some of these Selecao players would do well to calm down and not pick up a yellow for dissent.
21'
Colombia win a dangerous free kick that's certainly within shooting range of Cuadrado of James. Jefferson's view is obstructed by a laser being shot towards his eyes from the crowd. Find the idiot and throw him out, I say.
19'
The back and forth tempo of the game continues, though perhaps the teams are feeding off the energy of the crowd too much. Hear me out - there's been a lot of instances of players getting a rush of blood to the head and running right into defenders. Some more composure is required.
17'
Miami of course has a massive Latin population, with their Cuban community leading the way. It's no surprise then to see the atmosphere in this match play out almost as if it was on the home continent of South America.
15'
Both sides are certainly not giving up on any of these 50-50's so far. There seems to be a lack of end product, but the endeavor is there. Someone will make the breakthrough eventually, it looks like.
13'
Full house here at the Sun Life Stadium, with this game sold out long in advance of today. We see the first booking of the game as Cuadrado takes on for the team by fouling Neymar. Deserved booking, but Neymar certainly helped to sell it.
12'
J. Cuadrado gets yellow.
11'
An entertaining opening to the game, with both sides showing themselves capable of causing problems. The crowd is certainly up for it, cheering everything that comes from the boots of Neymar and James.
9'
Ospina looks to be alright to continue for the moment, although I bet somewhere that Arsene Wenger is thinking "Sub him!" There would be little point in Pekerman risking his keeper if there's even the slightest concern of a knock.
7'
A challenge by Tardelli is late and untidy. To make matters worse, it's committed on Ospina, who clearly beat the striker to a ball. The Arsenal man is hurt here and in some distress. Time will tell if he can last.
5'
Brazil finally begin to put the Colombia defensive ranks under some pressure, winning a pair of corners on either side. However, they fail to cause any panic inside the area.
3'
Lovely tempo to start the game by Colombia. They've tried to attack down the right then the left flank but found their route forward blocked each time. Still, it has to be encouraging for them to have Brazil on the back foot.
1'
Here we go!
We've got Brazil vs Colombia kicking off in about half an hour. Stay tuned for the play-by-play action with me, Keeghann Sinanan, your host for tonight.
Tonight, in Miami, Brazil will kit up for the first time since the embarrasing end to their World Cup campaign. After losing the semi-final to Germany and the third-place playoff to Netherlands by a combined score of 10-1, it was clear that change was needed. The CBF did just that, sacking Luiz Felipe Scolari for the second time.
In comes Dunga for his second spell as Brazil boss. The former Selecao anchorman won the 2007 Copa America and the 2009 Confederations Cup titles, but it wasn't enough. His faliure to advance past Netherlands in the 2010 World Cupp quarter-finals was the final nail in his coffin, and he left the post shortly after.
Colombia too are seeing their first action since the finals. It's been two months since they last kicked a ball in an official fixture. Incidentally, that moment cane against Brazil in the last eight, where los Cafeteros fell 2-1 to the hosts.
Up until that match against the Selecao, Colombia were the most eye-catching team in the tournament and in James Rodriguez, had a player in red-hot form. It was a disappointing end to what looked like a serious dark horse challenge for the trophy. One can only wonder what a fit and firing Falcao, who missed the finals, would have done to that team.
Jose Pekerman is still in charge of los Cafeteros, having been in the post since 2012. He oversaw the team's qualification to the World Cup for the first time in 16 years and as a reward, he was granted Colombian citizenship by the country's president Juan Manuel Santos.
Right then, that's enough treats for now. Time to get into these lineups.
BRAZIL (4-2-3-1): Jefferson; Maicon, Miranda, David Luiz, Filipe Luis; Gustavo, Ramires; Oscar, Willian, Neymar; Diego Tardelli.
Neymar starts for Brazil for the first time since injuring himself against the same opponents, which ruled him out of the rest of the World Cup. Miranda also gets some international playing time in defence with Thiago Silva injured. Up front, the retired and ridiculed Fred is no longer an option, so Atletico Mineirao striker Diego Tardelli leads the line for Dunga's Selecao.
Pekerman has decided against starting with Falcao, instead choosing Porto's Jackson Martinez to play as the lone forward. James is the star name for los Cafeteros tonight, and he'll be expected to create most of the danger alongside that definition of unpredictability, Juan Cuadrado. Arsenal's new boy David Ospina keeps his place between the posts despite not registering an appearance for the EPL side as yet.
Goalless at the break, though it's hardly been a match lacking in talking points. Goalmouth action has been scarce, it's true, but both sides have played with an energetic tempo that's gotten my pulse racing at times.
Cuadrado has been the most influential player from a Colombian standpoint, though with a yellow card to his name for a foul on Neymar, he may want to watch his step in the second half.
Speaking of Neymar, he's not quite worked out how to use Tardelli's tendency to drop deep to his advantage. Though it's a lot of the same personnel as the Scolari era, it'll take some time for Brazil to adapt to the Dunga approach.
An entertaining game from start to finish. Brazil claim the win, just as they did in these two side's last meeting in the World Cup some two months ago. What a treat to watch!
Neymar did the damage with a wonderful free kick, and you have to say that Brazil just about deserve this. Colombia did well, and could have tied it up at the death even with 10 men had Falcao, literally, kept his head.
That's it from me folks, I've been Keeghann Sinanan and thanks for joining me!
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