Yaser Asprilla and his Colombia teammates have reached the final of the Copa America after beating Uruguay 1-0 in a bad-tempered semi-final on Wednesday night.

Midfielder Jefferson Lerma headed the only goal of the game in the 39th minute but his Crystal Palace teammate Daniel Munoz was sent off before half-time for a second bookable offence.

There were ugly scenes after the final whistle as players and fans clashed in the stands.

Colombia now go through to face Argentina in the final, which kicks off at 1am UK time on Monday morning.

Ironically, Argentina are the last side to beat Colombia and that was way back in February 2022.

Since then the Colombians have gone on a 29-game unbeaten run which saw them beat the likes of Germany, Brazil and Spain in friendlies.

They also drew with Brazil in the group stage of Copa America, and have beaten Paraguay, Costa Rica, Panama and now Uruguay on their way to the final.

Asprilla’s own involvement has been limited: he came on for the final 18 minutes of the 3-0 group win over Costa Rica but has been an unused sub in each of the other games so far.

However, the 19-year-old now has six full caps to his name, and has also scored two senior goals for his country.

The trouble after the semi-final victory seemed to centre around Liverpool's Darwin Nunez.

Uruguay players, including Nunez, went into the stands of the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte after violence reportedly broke out into the players' family section.

 

Footage showed Nunez climbing up railings before confronting Colombia fans as others tried to restrain him.

Uruguay’s Luis Suarez said: "Obviously if someone is attacking your family you want to go and defend them but that doesn't justify the image that it created.

"We had to protect our families that were there. What I could see there was a lot of family, a lot of children of my teammates who were trapped and things were falling on them and you felt helpless."

However, video footage showed Suarez's role in antagonising the opposition, which contributed to the ensuing brawl.

As the final seconds wound down chaos erupted in the middle of the pitch. Players, referees, camera crews, and business executives became entangled in a scrum.

Amid it all, the Uruguayan legend was seen towering over rival players and shoving members believed to be part of the opposition's coaching staff.

Conmebol, the governing body of football in South America, said it is investigating the incident.