Colombia He has been undefeated for two and a half years and over twenty games. Twenty of those meetings were inclusive Nestor Lorenzo, who has not known a defeat since being appointed as coach. With brilliant results after another, Paraguay This is the last team to give up what could already be considered the main candidate to win the tournament on the back Argentina and Brazil, and on par with Uruguay. It has a 2-1 result and thanks to the inspiration of James Rodríguez, who falls into eternal youth every time he plays with the national team.
Even though the match was 2-0 at halftime, Paraguay had a good first half. The coffee team monopolized the possession, but the Paraguayans showed their heads on the counterattack, shooting more times on goal and forcing Vargas to intervene.
Luis Diaz became less, began to be very electric with his characteristic dribbling and gradually disappeared to leave all the fame in Jameswho within ten minutes tipped the balance and got the game back on track with two excellent assists.
First for the header Daniel Muñoz (32′) and after a genius threat. Then for another finish on the head, in this case of Lerma (42′) to put distance on the scoreboard against a tough Paraguay, competitive in everything, but it could do nothing against the talent of the former real Madrid.
Second part of fear and reaction
He left the locker room with less tension than Colombia needed and complicated his life and could pay dearly for it. Paraguay came close to the goal with Vargas, who had to be forced to intervene after a shot from Mathias David Espinoza Acosta and that he could do nothing shortly before the auction Julio Enciso to Sosa center (69′). The winger, more active than the missing and replaced Miguel Almirón before the 60th minute, appeared at the second free post to cross his teammate’s delivery with the first touch.
From there, Néstor Lorenzo’s team put on overalls again, with Luis Díaz active again and with James in command of operations. One sets the speed and the other is the pause. Both had the best chances, with two shots going into the net from outside and a combination where James liked to try to provide another assist when he should have specified.
It seemed the verdict could come from the eleven meters when Argentine referee Herrera awarded a penalty for grabbing Yerri Mina, but he backtracked on his initial decision after VAR verified that if there was , it’s a foul by the Cagliari center. -back.
In the final minutes, with James off the field of play and a thunderous ovation from more than 50,000 Colombian fans in the stands, time ran out and Colombia already had three golden points in their pocket.
match lineup
12
twenty-one
17
16
23
3
6
Eleven
19
10
7
22
25
4
14
5
3
23
26
18
10
19
NRG Stadium
Rodrigo Morinigo22
31′
Gustavo Velazquez25
52′
Matias Espinoza4
13′
41′
67′
Andres Cubas14
77′
Fabian Balbuena5
25′
Omar Alderete3
Mathias Villasanti23
79′
91′
Hernesto Caballero26
58′
67′
Alex Arce18
78′
91′
Miguel Almiron10
58′
Julio Enciso19
68′
91′
Replacements
Carlos Coronel1
Alfredo Aguilar12
Ivan Ramirez2
Junior Alonso6
25′
Nestor Gimenez13
Gustavo Gomezfifteen
91′
Damián Bobadilla8
58′
Matias Rojas16
91′
67′
Kaku Romero17
91′
Richard Sancheztwenty
Fabrizio Peraltatwenty-one
Derlis Gonzalez7
Adam Barreiro9
78′
Angel RomeroEleven
79′
67′
Ramon Sosa24
58′
coach
Nestor Lorenzo
Daniel Garnero
Source: La Verdad
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