The Copa América has had many exciting matches and surprise results, one of them occurred on the first date with Costa Rica, which drew a goalless draw against Brazil in Inglewood, California, to dream of qualifying for the quarterfinals.
In group B, in the match between Mexico and Venezuela, A Colombian became news because he was responsible for Vinotinto opening the scoring in the match for the second dayand it was none other than Julián Quiñones, the forward who plays for El Tri.
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It is worth remembering that the attacker, who until recently was from América de México, had the option of wearing the coffee shirt because Néstor Lorenzo wanted to call him up, but the player declined the idea, since he waited a long time for a call and was inclined to by the side Little hand.
The Sofi Stadium match drew attention because two of the winning teams in group B faced each other, which were Venezuela and Mexico, the latter in the midst of criticism for its level of play in the previous duel against Jamaica and full of doubts regarding how far he will go in the Copa América.
Of the men in Jaime Lozano’s squad, one of those who stood out was Julián Quiñones, the Colombian-Mexican who once again had the opportunity to be a starter and look for a goal that eluded him in the first match, once again taking the position of left winger.
However, the man from Nariño had one of his worst commitments with the Mexico shirt, since he committed the foul that He caused the penalty for Venezuela in the 55th minute, after knocking down Jon Aramburu when he was entering the area, hitting him from behind.
Like little, The Mexican citizen left after 77 minutes with a score of 6.5, according to the platform SofaScorebecause he did not have any shots on goal, two uncompleted crosses and three long balls without creating danger for the Venezuelans.
The only good thing about the attacker was a high ball that Carlos Rodríguez headed into the area, but remaining in the hands of goalkeeper Rafael Romo, who ended up being the figure of the match for a penalty that was blocked by Orbelín Pineda in the second half.
In the end, it was Mexico’s defeat by the smallest difference against a Venezuela that qualified for the quarterfinals with two wins in group B, leaving the tri defining the second place against Ecuador, which beat Jamaica 3-1, at the University of Phoenix stadium on June 30.
When Julián Quiñones got tired of waiting for Colombia’s call in 2024, since four technicians passed by and none of them turned to look at him, he wanted to show that he had the conditions for football at the national team level and gave an opportunity to Mexico that was going through a replacement generational.
Unfortunately for the man from Nariño, he has not contributed much to Jaime Lozano’s team, since In six matches he scored two goalsfour of those games he played as a starter and scored against Panama, in the Concacaf Nations League, and in the friendly against Brazil that they lost 3-2.
After what happened in the Copa América, the fans showed their anger with the attacker who had been shining in América in Mexico, to the point that they no longer want to see him anymore and the comment also goes to a good part of his teammates for the poor presentation at the tournament.
