The Colombian team beat Paraguay 2-1 this Monday on the first date of group D of the Copa América. The 10 of the coffee growers, James Rodriguez, was the great figure and gave two assists. In the Guarani team, Newell’s defender Gustavo Velázquez started.
The person in charge of opening the scoring in the match that was played at the NRG Stadium in Houston was the defender Daniel Muñozat 32 minutes, which he defined with a header after a great center from James Rodríguez.
The former Real Madrid and Banfield player, current San Pablo player, finished consolidating himself as the figure of the match when at 42 minutes attended Jefferson Lerma to go 2-0 at halftime.
But in the second half Colombia came out very sleepy, with several inattentions in defense, and allowed Paraguay to score with 20 minutes remaining through Julio Encisowho was able to get a cross shot after a great cross from the recently entered Ramón Sosa.
At 84 minutes, the Argentine referee Darío Herrera awarded a penalty to the coffee growers for pushing one of the Paraguayan players. but he reversed the decision after the VAR call, in which was also the Argentine Silvio Trucco.
Finally, Colombia ended up taking a long-suffering victory in a match that seemed over after the first half and that was complicated by its own inattention.
