The third friendly game of the Colombian team during 2024 was against the United Statesafter their tour of Europe with victories against the Spanish national team (1-0) and Romania (3-2).
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The ‘tricolor’ game against the United States was at the FedEx Field stadium in Merylandstarting at 4:30 in the afternoon (Colombia time).
The central judge for the friendly game was the referee Fernando Hernández Gómezfrom Mexico.
GOALS: Jhon Arias (6′), Rafael Santos Borré (19′), Tim Weah (56′), Richard Ríos (76′), Jorge Carrascal (85′) and Luis Sinisterra (88′).
United States 1-5 Colombia: the ‘tricolor’ thrashed in Meryland
After 6 minutes of play the scoring could be opened, because a bad clearance of the United States defense It was left to midfielder Jhon Arias in the area.
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The Fluminense midfielder received the ball with his right leg and with that same extremity He finished off the North American goal with power to score the first goal of the friendly.
Seconds later, the one who responded was the defender Jhon Lucumí before the shot on goal by forward Tim Weah.
In the 19th minute, Colombia was able to increase its lead on the scoreboard against the United States for the great Chilean goal by attacker Rafael Santos Borré.
Starting the second half, the local team orchestrated a nice play that ended in the cross shot by Weah to seal the discount against Colombia.
After local discount, Colombia once again took control of the ball and had two actions with which he was able to increase the score at minute 60, with Luis Díaz, and at minute 63, with James Rodríguez.
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It was in the 76th minute that the third ‘tricolor’ goal could be celebrated against the United States, being Richard Ríos who arrived in the area to finish with complete freedom.
Minutes later, the ‘tricolor’ was lethal in the offensive transitions and, with a pass from Juan Fernando Quintero, Jorge Carrascal scored the fourth goal against the Americans.
Shortly after, Luis Sinisterra also reported on the scoreboard and expanded Colombia’s lead against the United States from 5 to 1.
United States and Colombia lineups
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