***They added their twenty second file with out shedding and have simply overwhelmed Spain in London (0-1) and Romania in Madrid (3-2)
The Colombian soccer workforce, led by Argentine Néstor Lorenzo, confirmed that it is among the favorites for the upcoming Copa América 2024 by beating the American squad by an amazing 1-5 in a pleasant performed in Landover (Maryland, USA. ).
The Colombians have gone 22 consecutive video games undefeated (they haven’t misplaced within the South American Qualifiers) and had simply overwhelmed Spain in London (0-1) and Romania in Madrid (3-2), whereas the US received the Nations League of the Concacaf in March.
The locals performed in 4-3-3 whereas the guests used a 4-2-3-1 with Rafael Santos Borré because the striker.
The Colombian workforce, carrying black equipment, started controlling possession of the ball and solely wanted six minutes to go forward on the scoreboard with a proper foot from Brazilian Fluminense participant Jhon Arias that entered the highest nook.
The Colombians insisted and a cross from Jefferson Lerma ended up within the internet following a spectacular overhead kick from Rafael Santos Borré, who final yr scored one other aim with the identical spectacular once more kick in opposition to Japan.
Within the remaining minutes of the primary half, the US put stress on Colombia, creating a number of harmful probabilities, together with a header from Christian Pulisic that hit the proper submit.
US coach Gregg Berhalter changed Pulisic, AC Milan’s Croatian midfielder, at half-time following having been the host workforce’s standout participant thus far.
The locals got here onto the sector higher centered within the second half and within the 58th minute Timothy Weah, assisted by Folarin Balagun, scored his sixth aim along with his right-footed cross.
The espresso growers reacted and the star of the Colombian workforce Luis Díaz, a Liverpool striker who has scored 11 objectives in 47 video games along with his nationwide workforce, starred in a number of performs that have been near ending up with the ball within the internet, however he was changed by Luis Sinisterra.
Profiting from recoveries, extra exact within the passes and efficient within the resolutions, Colombia imposed its expertise, its spark and its muscle mass and within the 77th minute Richard Ríos scored, within the eighty fifth Jorge Carrascal adopted and within the 88th Luis Sinisterra closed the win.
The Colombian workforce will face the Bolivian workforce subsequent Saturday in Hartford (Connecticut, USA) in its final duel previous to the Copa América.
With data from EFE
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2024-06-12 04:11:40
