1-0: Colombia’s victory at the Mestalla and fights in the stands between their fans

The Colombian team beat Iraq this Friday 1-0 in a friendly match played at the stadium of Mestallain Valencia, thanks to a goal from Marco Cassierra (m.77) keeping his team unbeaten since then Nestor Lawrence sat in place, with five wins and two draws.

Highlight the bad events which featured a group of Colombian fans who fought during the game and tore up some chairs to throw them at each other. Fifteen minutes into the match, the fans started hitting each other and immediately the Security at the Valencia stadium proceeded to evict individuals from che compound. According to witnesses close to the incident, the conflict may have been caused by disagreement between fans of rival Colombian clubs.

The selection led by The ‘Prope’ Lorenzo, As the coach progressed in the run-up to the friendly, he sought -and succeeded- to be the star from the start against a Iraq who were aggressive in pressing and in individual duels to make Colombia uncomfortable, supported by their fans with the aim of continuing to bring their team together for World Cup qualifiers.

Despite the dominance, the coffee planters found it difficult to attack the rival area because they ran into a determined and extensive line of defense. Once Iraq left the spaces, Colombia came out with the skill of Luis Díaz on the left, but the Iraqi defense already knew the potential of the Liverpool player and in the last meters he was always under the control of several players.

In ten minutes, Iraq began to counter-attack with Al-Kaabawi and Omeerbut Carrascal and Davinson went all out to clear the chances for the Asian team-Colombia dominated Luis Díaz who continued to show his quality in a good game that he could not finish due to the accumulation of Iraqi shirts in within the area, but, although he also has a davinson’s headthey didn’t score before the break.

The second part began with an active Iraqi group that had the best chance in the fight (m.56) with a Al-Kaabawi cross shot who ran away from Montero, the main novelty in the eleven, and bounced off the post, an occasion to which Colombia immediately responded with a Lucumí’s header after a corner kick that just hit the crossbar.

The game was more even than the first half. The Iraqis took advantage of every possession to create danger and Salam came close to opening the scoring with a Chilean during Colombia had a chance with a pitch from Borré to move slightly away.

When Iraq makes it more complicated for Colombia, Casierra, who has just entered the field of play, turns a cross from Arias into a goal (m.77) to give him victory in this first friendly of the two scheduled on his European tour and remain unbeaten Colombia.