Venezuela pulled off the biggest shock of the Copa America so far, with Salomon Rondo’s second half header proving the winner for Noel Sanvicente’s side against Colombia.
Having made such an impression at least summer’s World Cup – carrying a seven-match winning run into the Copa – Colombia are billed as one of the tournament favourites in Chile, but they struggled to make an impression in their opening game.
James Rodriguez, Radamel Falcao, Carlos Bacca and Juan Cuadrado all failed to impose themselves on the contest, with Venezuela the more dangerous on the counter attack.
And they found what proved to be the winner after 60 minutes, when Rondon found the bottom corner with a well-placed header from a Juan Arango cross.