Coach Luis Fernando Suarez spoke with The W regarding the match between Colombia selection vs. Costa Rica On the second day of the group stage of the Conmebol Copa América United States 2024.
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For the Tricolor it will be vital to beat the Costa Ricans to ensure their passage to the quarterfinals of the competition before facing Brazil.
Given this situation, Suárez expressed that “The most important thing is that Colombia has to think that it will face a serious team if it wants to win the match.”.
Strengths of Costa Rica
Suárez, who is the new coach of the Deportivo Pereiramaintained that Colombia has to take this match seriously because they “They get bigger when they play these kinds of matches, when they feel smaller.”
He added that Those led by Néstor Lorenzo must keep in mind that they are not going to play against “scared children””.
However, he highlighted the seriousness that the national team had against Paraguay, but reiterated that in the game against the ‘Ticos’ they must pay more attention.
“What the team has done in recent years is convince us, that is the coach’s voice. What I saw against Paraguay left me calm: the optimism that existed outside the team could perhaps infect them and it didn’t.“, said.
Costa Rica’s Weaknesses
The Colombian DT analyzed the operation of the Gustavo Alfaro’s Costa Rica, being solid in the defensive block in its confrontation against BrazilHe commented that their possible approach would be more offensive, leaving their own field more.
“The most important thing is to open the spaces on the sides. The more open Colombia is, the more spaces are generated and that is what Brazil did not do,” he stated.
Differences between European and South American football
He was clear in stating that the difference is in the intensity and speed with which the game is played in the ‘Old Continent’, making two or three changes above. “That’s clear”.
“We must be aware that football has evolved and we Latinos lack that”, he concluded.
The weakness of Costa Rica that Colombia should take advantage of, according to Luis Fernando Suárez
