World Cup qualifiers: Luis Díaz scores twice as Colombia stun Brazil, Uruguay beat Argentina

Díaz brace leads Colombia comeback in 2-1 victory over Brazil
World Cup qualifiers: Luis Díaz scores twice as Colombia stun Brazil, Uruguay beat Argentina

File pic of Luis Diaz in Colombia action (Photo by Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

Luis Díaz has scored two goals within four minutes late in the second-half to give Colombia a stirring 2-1 victory over Brazil in their World Cup qualifier match.

The forward was playing for Colombia just a few days after guerrillas freed his father, Luis Manuel Díaz Jiménez, who was kidnapped in the north of the country on 28 October.

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