Colombia defeated Germany for the first time in its history (0-2) on Tuesday in a friendly match where it was clearly the better team for ninety minutes, made more arrivals and controlled the team’s offensive efforts . Germans.
The two goals, scored by Luis Díaz and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, from a penalty, came in the second half but in the first half Colombia came more and the team was behind what Germany, despite having some advantages Regarding ball possession, he failed to create dangerous situations.
The first two arrivals were missed, a slightly deflected header from Yerry Mina in the 14th minute against Juan Guillermo Cuadrado’s center and another by Rafael Borré in the 22nd minute that was saved by Marc André ter Stegen, the German goalkeeper for FC Barcelona.
In addition, there was a good counterattack in the minute 28′and which Luis Díaz failed to finish by losing the ball inside the box to Malick Thiaw.
On the German side there were several overflows, crosses in the area that did not find a receiver. Most notable, shortly before the break, was a solo play by Jamal Musiala followed by a wall with Kai Havertz after it, however, his shot was weak and misplaced and was not a problem for Camilo Vargas.
Luis Diaz opened the scoring
In the second half Colombia clearly had the better start and put the ball almost constantly in the German half. of the domain the goal came, marked by a Luis Díaz header into the center from Cuadrado’s right
The game came from Borré’s recovery of the ball which resulted in a combination that led to the center of Cuadrado.
Manod e Kimmich and sentence Cuadrado
Germany improved after the goal and applied pressure but were unable to create dangerous shots and in the 82nd minute Cuadrado increased the score for Colombia by converting a penalty taken by a handball from Joshua Kimmich.
While Colombia continues its good balance since the arrival of Néstor Lorenzo on the bench, in Germany Hansi Flick is under pressure as he has just won the first of five friendlies after losing the first leg of the 2022 World Cup and has three defeats in the remaining four.
Data sheets
Germany: Ter Stegen; Thiaw, Can (Füllkrug, 67), Rüdiger; Lobo (Henrichs, 46), Goretzka, Gosens; Sané, Gundogan (Kimmich, 79), Musiala; Havertz (Brandt, 79).
Columbia: Vargas; Muñoz, Yerry Mina, Lucumi, Machado; Uribe (Castaño, 94), Lerma (Barrios, 77); Square (Sanchez, 94), Arias; I deleted (Casierra, 77), Diaz (Valoyes, 86).
Goals: 0-1 (min 53, Luis Díaz), 0-2 (min 82, Cuadrado, penalty)
Referee: Halil Unmut Meler (Turkey). He advised Lerma, Füllkrug, Henrichs and the Colombian coach Nestot Lorenzo
Incidents: friendly match played at the Veltnis Arena in Gelsenkirchen.
Source: La Verdad
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