The Colombia selection did not disappoint and before thousands of fans who attended the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, they beat the Costa Rican team 3-0, achieving their early qualification to the quarterfinals of the America Cupas they have 6 points out of 6 possible and are leaders of Group D, pending the game against Brazil.
Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and John Cordoba were the authors of the goals, which increased the unbeaten streak of the national team to 21 dates in the era of the Argentine Nestor Lorenzo. One of those who almost immediately spoke to the media after the final whistle it was Cordova, player of Krasnodar of Russia.
In the first instance He referred to the joint work to achieve the second goal: “The goal was a result of a joint effort during the week, the truth is that I am very happy to be able to contribute“It’s not just because of the goal, it’s part of the confidence that we have and the truth is that I’m very happy,” the striker said in the official Copa América broadcast.
It was forceful and He clarified that the objective is to achieve victory in each of the matches regardless of who ends up scoring: “We are a family and here it doesn’t matter who scores, The important thing is to win and we leave with the three points and the classification.”
Finally, He revealed what his technical director asked him to do for this match that was definitive to advance in the competition and go out to play against Brazil without so much pressure: “What he told me is that he knew I was a very powerful player, that in long spaces I was going to take them on and I was able to do it. (…) If I took advantage of my power I would make a difference for the team, my teammates know me, James threw me the ball practically without looking,” he said.
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