On the afternoon of June 24, Colombia defeated Paraguay 2-1 for the first date of group D of the Copa América 2024, thereby managing to remain undefeated in 21 games since Néstor Lorenzo assumed the technical direction of the Tricolor.
After finishing the match played at the NRG stadium in Houston, the Colombian coach stated that he was happy with the victory, but that he was already thinking about the second date.
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“Consistent with the result, conformed to what the team has done, I think there are things to improve, There are always things to improve and we will wait to get some quick feedback before we start thinking about Costa Rica, which is going to be a very tough match.“, indicated Néstor Lorenzo.
After Colombia’s victory against Paraguay, the Tricolor will face its counterpart from Costa Rica on the second date of group D, in a match that will be played on Friday, June 28 at around 5:00 pm (Colombian time).
This game will be played at the University of Phoenix’s State Farm Stadium, where the Arizona Cardinals’ NFL sports matches are usually held.
The last time Colombia faced Costa Rica was on October 16, 2018 in a friendly that was played at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.; On that occasion it was a 3-1 victory for the Tricolor with goals from Carlos Bacca and a double from Juan Camilo El Cucho Hernández, while Kendall Waston scored for the Central American team.
For the Copa América, in the last match Costa Rica defeated Colombia 3-2 for the third date of group A of the tournament, which, similar to this one, was also played in the United States. It is worth mentioning that for that match the Tricolor was already classified, so José Pekerman lined up mostly substitutes.
June 28 will be the fifth match between Colombia and Costa Rica for the Copa Américain a duel that has three victories in its history for the coffee team and the aforementioned match in which the Ticos won.
Before the Copa América began, Gustavo Alfaro stated that his team would try to compete, but assured that Colombia and Brazil were favorites to advance in the group, putting the Tricolor team as a possible leader of the quadrangular.
“We are trying to start acquiring things that we know are necessary and essential for what we are going to face, not only to Brazil, but also to Colombia, which is at a very even level and today Colombia may be above Brazil in that aspect“Alfaro indicated about Colombia.
After the victory against Paraguay, the praise for the Colombian team was focused mainly on James Rodríguez, since the captain of the Tricolor was chosen by Conmebol as the best player of the match.
It should be remembered that Rodríguez is still a player for São Paulo in Brazil, but the Morumbi club is looking for a new team for the Colombian because the Argentine Luis Zubeldia does not have him.
In addition to the victory of Colombia, in group D there was also a tie between Brazil and Costa Rica, so so far Néstor Lorenzo’s team is the leader of the quadrangular with three units.
Along with Colombia vs. Costa Rica, On June 28, Brazil and Paraguay will also face each other, in a game that will be played at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.
