The Colombia selection achieved his 14th victory in the era Lawrenceafter beating the United States team 1-5 in a friendly match prior to the start of the Copa America 2024which will start on June 20 on North American soil.
The team led by Argentine coach Néstor Lorenzo had not scored 5 goals or more in a game for 9 years. The last time he had achieved it was on March 16, 2015, when he beat Bahrain 0-6 in a friendly preparation match for the CAmerica’s Opa that was played that year in Chile.
In that match, Lorenzo was technical assistant to the Argentine coach José Néstor Pékerman. Against Bahrain they celebrated Carlos BaccaFalcao, Adrián Ramos, Johan Mojica (who was also this time against the Americans) and Andrés Rentería.
How were the goals of Colombia’s victory against the United States?
The first goal of the match was scored by John Arias. They were barely six minutes into the match when the Chocoan soccer player, who plays in the Brazil’s Fluminensereceived a ball inside the area, pushed it with his right leg and opened the way for Colombia to this massive victory.
This was the second score for Jhon, who is 26 years old and dreams of going to play in Europe after finishing his participation with the Venezuelan national team in the continental tournament in America, wearing the Colombian shirt.
Then came a great goal from Rafael Santos Borré. “El Comandante”, who plays in the Portoalegre International of Brazil, He scored 0-2 after doing an acrobatic pirouette in the 19th minute of the game.
This was the sixth goal for Borré (Barranquilla, 26 years old), with the Colombian National Team. In addition, he was fifth in his personal tally since Néstor Lorenzo took over as national coach. He is not only the forward who has added the most minutes in this time. He is also the top scorer of the Argentine coach’s era.
After Colombia experienced a brief scare at the beginning of the second half, when Timothy Weah, son of former soccer player and former president of Liberia, George Weah, scored the United States National Team’s injury time goal, the Creoles woke up.
In the last 13 minutes of the match, the coffee team scored 3 goals, with which they closed the victory that gave them their fourteenth victory against the United States in 22 games played.
The first came at 77. The Antioquian scored it Richard Rios. The midfielder born in Vegachí 24 years ago, who plays in the Palm trees of Brazil, A counterattack by the Venezuelan national team ended that began with a recovery in the defensive zone. That was his baptism with the Colombian National Team. He dedicated the goal to his mother, who has her birthday this Saturday, June 8.
He scored the fourth goal Jorge Carrascal at minute 85. The formula was similar to that of Ríos’ goal. A recovery in the middle of the field, a pass inside the area and the subtle definition of the footballer. This was his second celebration with the national team.
Finally, the young attacker Luis Sinisterrawho plays in the Bournemouth of the English Premier League, He scored the final goal in the 88th minute. He did it after a subtle pass from Antioquia midfielder Juan Fernando Quintero into the area.
Sinisterra, 24 years old, is positioned as one of the candidates to be among the 26 footballers that Néstor Lorenzo can choose in his definitive list of those called up for the Copa América, in which Colombia will debut on June 24 against Paraguay starting in 5:00 pm (Colombian time).
With this victory, the Colombian National Team went undefeated in 19 games in the Lorenzo era. 14 have been triumphs. 5 ties. Since the Argentine assumed the technical direction, the Creoles have scored 35 goals, while they have conceded only 14.
