Colombia pleased, won 3-0 and celebrated this Friday in style its qualification to the quarterfinals of the America Cup against a Costa Rica that resisted for thirty minutes and that mortgaged its chances in the second game of Group D. The goals from Luis Díaz, Dávinson Sánchez and Jhon Córdoba were a fair reward for the team that did the most for the game.
At State Farm, in Glendale (Arizona), Colombia showed its credentials as a favorite for the title and extended its undefeated record to 25 games and ten consecutive wins.
He ‘Guajiro’ Díazwith cold blood and fire in his heart, made the Colombians vibrate in the 30th minute when converted the penalty into a goal sanctioned by the Uruguayan referee Gustavo Tejera. The goal was from Díaz, but the intellectual author of the play that ended in a penalty and ended Costa Rica’s approach was goalkeeper Patrick Sequeira, who in the 28th minute committed an unnecessary foul in the area on forward Jhon Córdoba. That action sent the work of coach Gustavo Alfaro to the trash. Until that moment, Costa Rica planted itself well in defense and played as a block to neutralize any hint of the rival. And Díaz, the one in charge of taking the penalty, took the ball, caressed it and did not hesitate to hit it with an inside edge from the right, well placed in the corner for the 1-0 for Colombia, which made the Colombian fans vibrate and assured him the pass Néstor Lorenzo’s team to the quarterfinals. “I fight, I fight, I fight,” shouted the excited public in Colombia’s fifth match against Costa Rica in the Copa América and thanks to Díaz’s fifth goal in the history of the tournament, his first of this edition and the first he scored from a penalty.
At the beginning of the match, Colombia played an intelligent game and tried to break Costa Rica’s defensive wall one on one with Díaz, James, Córdoba and Daniel Muñoz, their most incisive offensive players. But The ‘Sele’ played a correct match for their aspirations and sought to exasperate the Colombian players. Until Sequeira’s unfortunate action came.
In the second period Colombia came out for more goals and got them twice. In ’59 Sánchez did his thing again like against Paraguay. With an accurate header, after a perfectly executed center from Jhon Arias, he scored the 2-0 that fell like a blow to the Costa Rican hosts. “Colombia, Colombia, Colombia!” the coffee growers at the State Farm chanted madly and the team gained greater momentum and continued on.
In the 62nd minute, James’ magic appeared, with his right foot launching a pass into space that made the player run. ‘Triciclito’ Jhon Córdoba, who did not forgive. Right cross and inside. Impossible to stop for Sequeira.
Then Costa Rica showed strength and held on. And what followed next was a monologue for Colombia that today also demonstrated with goals that it is capable of more in this Copa América.
Datasheet
3. Colombia: Camilo Vargas; Jefferson Lerma (m.71, Kevin Castano), Richard Rios (m.46, Mateus Uribe); Jhon Arias, James Rodriguez (m.71, Yaser Asprilla), Luis Diaz (m.77, Jhon Duran) and Jhon Cordoba (m.77, Rafael Borre). Selector: Nestor Lorenzo.
0. Costa Rica: Patrick Sequeira; Haxzel Quirós, Jeyland Mitchell, Juan Pablo Vargas, Francisco Calvo, Ariel Lassiter (d.46 Joseph Mora); Orlando Galo, Brandon Aguilera (m.66, Jefferson Brenes); Manfred Ugalde (m.46, Joel Campbell), Warren Madrigal (m.83, Andy Rojas) and Álvaro Zamora (m.66, Josimar Alcócer). Selector: Gustavo Alfaro.
Goals: 1-0, m.30: Luis Díaz, penalty. 2-0, m.59: Dávinson Sánchez. 3-0, m.62: Jhon Córdoba.
Referee: the Uruguayan Gustavo Tejera. He admonished Ugalde, Ríos, Córdoba.
incidences: Match for the second day of Group D played at the State Farm Stadium, in Glendale (Arizona), before 27,386 spectators.
2024-06-29 00:58:27
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