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Looking at Friday's late matches in the round of 32...

Argentina survived a scare from Cape Verde before beating them 3-2 in extra time.

And Colombia edged Ghana 1-0 in their game to advance further.

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00:04It was do or die for Argentina and Cape Verde in the round of 32 in Miami, and the South
00:09Americans broke the deadlock in the 29th with Lionel Messi controlling superbly and hitting
00:14home. But following some neat knocking, Deroy Duarte was the one to level matters for the
00:19Africans in the 59th. In extra time, the Argentines had a corner with the ball landing in the
00:29path of Lisandro Martinez, and he smashed it in in the 92nd minute. Make it 2-all as Sidney
00:36Lopez Cabral scored the goal of the match, that screamer came in the 103rd for Cape Verde.
00:43However, another corner in the 111th minute resulted in the ball coming off a defender for
00:48an own goal, which gave Argentina a 3-2 win. The other round of 32 clash also involved South
00:54America and Africa as Colombia met Ghana in Kansas City. Following a perfect cross, John
01:01Arias with a silky smooth finish made it 1-0 to the Colombians in the 14th minute.
01:11The men in yellow and blue found the net again in the second half, but the goal was disallowed.
01:21Colombia created many chances, but won the match 1-0 to advance further, while the Ghanaians
01:27were out, Vinod Nawani 264.
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