Messi: Colombia win Argentina's best Copa America performance
Lionel Messi has hailed Argentina's victory over Colombia as the team's best performance of the Copa America so far.
The Albiceleste dominated from the outset in Vina del Mar on Saturday but were unable to find a breakthrough and ultimately triumphed on penalties after the game ended goalless after 90 minutes.
Captain Messi was delighted with his team's showing, but admitted the side was lucky to progress to the semifinals of the tournament in Chile.
"We played our best match of the Copa America," Messi told TVP.
"We create a lot of chances... Unfortunately we weren't able to get a goal and we were eventually lucky to win on penalties."
Carlos Tevez hit the winning kick to book a place in the last four, where Argentina will come up against either Brazil or Paraguay.
Messi, who was named man of the match, has hit just one goal in the tournament, scoring from the penalty spot in Argentina's opening match against Paraguay which ended in a 2-2 draw.
"We were the superior side. We played the game we wanted to play and kept going until the last minute against a very strong team," added Messi's Barcelona teammate Javier Mascherano.
"What do we have to do now is to repeat that performance. The team took a big step forward. We had to suffer until the end, but we deserved the victory."
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