The Argentine coach will cross the path of the Copa América, directing Costa Rica. That’s how it went.
Gustavo Alfaro against the Colombian National Team.
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Futbolred Editorial
June 25, 2024, 11:47 p.m. m.
This Friday, June 28, Colombia will have the great opportunity to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Copa América 2024; but to do so they must overcome Costa Rica, on matchday 2 of group D, a team that has already shown how difficult it can be, as it achieved a historic draw against Brazil.
The person responsible for the epic that Costa Rica can achieve in this Cup is the Argentine coach Gustavo Alfaro, recognized in Colombia for his merits as a technical director, and also because he appeared on the screens commenting on the National Team’s matches, since for a long time he was Javier Hernández Bonnet’s formula for analysis in Snail Television.
Furthermore, Alfaro was Colombia’s villain in one of the darkest and saddest matches of the National Team in its history; However, the antecedents show that the duels between Alfaro and the coffee team have had all the nuances.
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Gustavo Alfaro’s balance, when facing the Colombian National Team, refers to a first game, which was also painful, since he was the coach of Ecuador when they beat Colombia 6-1 in Quito, on November 17, 2020, in the fourth day of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers.
In that same Qualifier, the second confrontation took place, this time in Barranquilla, on date 12, October 14, 2021: Alfaro’s Ecuador drew a valuable goalless draw, and the National Team suffered again from the Argentine coach.
Colombia has only beaten a team led by Alfaro once. The good thing is that it was in the Copa América, in 2021, and there the National Team won 1-0 over Ecuador, on the first date of group A.
Thus, the Colombian National Team hopes to repeat its victory against Alfaro and begin to balance the history of confrontations in its favor. Costa Rica will be at the forefront, excited and eager to deliver another pleasant surprise at the Copa América 2024.
