analysis of Colombia’s win and the first match of the final

ORone column and two topics. First, the League final, the 1-0 with which Bucaramanga struck first, with which Santa Fe was injured, but not fatally. The local team had greater clarity and practicality in attack, although it lacked punch.

Despite distributing possession of the ball –which is not the end of the game, mind you–, Bucaramanga was superior to a rival with zero offensive interest (barely a 50-meter shot!), and despite proposing a game of bolt, as he allowed them to kick him seven times on goal and created three very clear goal options. If the best of his men was the goalkeeper.
Perhaps the game could have been missing one more goal from Bucaramanga, but if that were the case, it certainly wasn’t missing two.

(Also read: Néstor Lorenzo: one of the lowest paid coaches in South American national team football)

Statistics Bucaramanga vs. Santa Fe

Photo:SofaScore

Now, Saturday’s ‘final-final’ in Bogotá seems like a suit tailored to Bucaramanga, designed to wait with its five defenders, resist with order and legs of steel in the middle and counterattack. But Santa Fe is the second place in the tournament with 9 wins, 2 draws and a single defeat… just against Bucaramanga! In El Campín he scored 15 goals and only conceded 3. He looks extremely tough, especially with the obvious fact that the advantage is minimal and that a 1-0 in soccer can be huge or tiny.

Santa Fe’s refusal to not receive Bucaramanga fans makes sense

Colombia’s victory once again generates comments: is it a favorite?

One column and two topics, I said: the second one, the victory of the Colombian National Team over the United States 1-5, 15 days after his debut in the Copa América. On the social network X, the old Twitter, they spend their time making jokes and puns. One made me laugh. It is signed by a sailor who calls herself Monalisa: “If I believed my ex, how am I not going to believe my National Team.” And of course, how can the Twitter user not be like this if several of the most famous ‘soccer gurus’ affirm the same and repeat that if Colombia does not win the Cup, it will be a shame. Counts Dracula, for sure.

(Also: Juanfer Quintero would have offered himself to an important Colombian team: ‘I’m ready to return’)

Colombia crushed the US when it wanted to, when it put its foot on the pedal. With 0-2 at 30 minutes he slowed down and relaxed. The United States tried for the next half hour, until the 15th minute of the second half, and put the game at 1-2.

With the changes, Colombia wanted again and crushed. When you score and it’s so easy, it’s even neurotic – I accept it! – to show the black dot on the white wall: the rival, very soft, created five clear scoring options. Hmmm…

Statistics of Colombia’s victory over the United States

Photo:SofaScore

Now, the long undefeated two years, which Néstor Lorenzo has been as coach, will end sooner or later, but it makes the fan’s heart fly. But with a cool head, Colombia is ready to fight in the semifinals. That’s your zone. It is fifth favorite on specialized portals, keep looking!

I hope he wins, because there is something to fight for. It would be immense happiness. But that is different from stroking the neck of exaggerated expectation. You already saw what happened with Millonarios in the Libertadores and the fangs sucking blood…

Meluk tells him…

Gabriel Meluk
Sports Editor
@MelukLeCuenta