The Colombia national team beat Bolivia 3-0, in the friendly match that closed the preparation for the America Cup, and in this way he came to 20 games undefeated in the Néstor Lorenzo era.
The goals of commitment in USA were the work of Jhon Arias, Jhon Córdoba and Luis Díaz
Minute by minute
Minute 93: The game ends, victory for Colombia 3-0 against Bolivia.
Minute 90: Three more minutes will be played in the second half.
Minute 83: James Rodríguez leaves the field for Luis Sinisterra to enter.
Minute 78: The game was stopped again due to the entry of a minor onto the field. This time the young man went to where James Rodríguez was and hugged him. Security came in to remove the boy.
Minute 75: Change in Colombia, Santiago Arias goes to the field and Luis Díaz leaves applauded.
Minute 67: After Daniel Muñoz’s reaction, the Colombian full-back receives the red card for punching César Menacho.
Minute 66: An unfair foul action by Héctor Cuéllar against Luis Díaz occurs and Mateus Uribe reacts, and a fight breaks out on the field.
Minute 66: Double change in Colombia, the Antioquians Kevin Castaño and Mateus Uribe enter and Jéfferson Lerma and Richard Ríos leave the field.
Minute 65: Borja, James, Ríos come together and create a goal option for Colombia, but in the end the Bolivian defense managed to send the ball to the throw-in.
Minute 61: Yásser Asprilla joined forces He throws a great pass to Luis Díaz and he returns the pass, but the young forward from England’s Watford cannot beat the goalkeeper and misses the goal.
Minute 60: Luxury play by Luis Díaz, after a great long pass from James, and the public, which is mostly Colombian, was excited by the play of the talented nationals.
Minute 52: There was a foul on Luis Díaz, who was left on the ground, but he recovered and continued in the match.
Minute 48: Colombia recovers the ball very well in the midfield and very close to the Bolivia area, so it continues to generate scoring opportunities, despite winning 3-0.
Changes in the Colombian National Team, they go to the field Yásser Asprilla and Miguel Ángel Borja and they leave Jhon Arias and Jhon Córdoba. In Bolivia there was a change of goalkeeper, Viscarra left the field for Carlos Lampe to enter.
The first half ends and Colombia wins comfortably against Bolivia, which only came through a free kick.
Minute 41: Golllll by Luis Díaz, After a pass from Déiver Machado, the Colombian striker who had been looking for him and who had given the pass for the other two goals, scored in his own style, down to celebrate Colombia’s 3-0 win against Bolivia.
Minute 34: Yellow card for Jéfferson Lerma, who tried to clear a ball, but hits the Bolivian rival in the face and for this reason the foul is charged, close to the area defended by Camilo Vargas.
Minute 31: Scare in Colombia because Jhon Arias He remains on the grass, after a collision in midfield. The Colombian medical team enters and the Chocoan returns and the game resumes.
Minute 24: But the Chocoan wanted his goal And that’s why a minute later, and already in a regular position, he received a pass from Luis Díaz and finished hard down low to celebrate the 2-0 score.
Minute 23: A goal by Jhon Córdoba is recorded after a great pass from James Rodríguez, but although he scored with a header, the goal was disallowed for offside.
Minute 19: Almost and Jhon Córdoba achieves a great goal. After a great individual action, he arrived at the area and took a shot that was deflected into the corner kick.
Minute 18: Yellow card for Daniel Muñoz for a foul near the midfield of the game.
Minute 15: The score remains favorable for Colombia, which processes the ball and looks for the goal of Guillermo Viscarra, who has had a lot of action in these minutes.
Minute 10: Colombia looks comfortable on the field, while Bolivia tries to react and uses strong play to score and recover the ball.
Minute 5: Gollllll by Jhon Arias. After a great individual action by Luis Díaz that left the rivals in the way and he fought not to lose the ball in the area, after finishing, the ball was deflected by the Bolivian defense, and it is left to Arias, so that with his right foot mark the first for Colombia.
The technician Nestor Lorenzo confirmed Camilo Vargas, Daniel Muñoz, Yerry Mina, Carlos Cuesta, Déiver Machado in the starting eleven; Jéfferson Lerma, Richard Ríos, Jhon Arias, James Rodríguez, Luis Díaz and Jhon Córdoba.
In total there are five changes in relation to the last duel against the United States, which Colombia won 5-1.
There are two changes in the defensive zone, with the entry of Yerry Mina and Déiver Machado, two more in the midfield with the presence of Richard Ríos and Jéfferson Lerma and one up front with Jhon Córdoba.
James Rodríguez completes his 100th official duel with the Tricolor against Bolivia.
Precisely the Colombian’s debut was against this same rival, but on October 11, 2011, in the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz which culminated in a 2-1 victory for Colombia, which at that time was led by Leonel Alvarez.
In that match, James played with number 5, started and played the full 90 minutes.
It must be remembered that, against Bolivia, Colombia has had a very positive streak.
Since the first meeting in 1945, Colombia and Bolivia have met 31 times, with Bolivia being the team of the Conmebol with whom the national team has played the fewest times.
In these duels, Colombia has been victorious on 15 occasions, has drawn 10 times and has suffered 6 defeats, which translates into a performance of 59.1%, scoring 48 goals and conceding 30.
In the Qualifiers matches, of the 14 matches, the Tricolor has won 9, tied 4 and has only lost one.
That only defeat occurred in September 2003 in La Paz, when Bolivia won with a 4-0 victory.
Since then, Colombia has not lost against Bolivia again, accumulating 8 wins and 4 draws in the last 12 matches.
