Colombia and bitter memory vs. Costa Rica to Copa America in the United States

the Colombia national team That my guide Nestor Lorenzo started his path in America’s Cup With a great victory over Paraguay 2-1 at the beginning of the fourth group. With Tuesday’s victory over Paraguay, the Tricolor team reached 24 matches without losing, 21 of which were led by the Argentine coach.

After an auspicious debut in Houston, the Tricolor team begins to prepare for their next match against Costa RicaWhich drew historically goalless in its first match against. Brazil in California. It should be noted that Colombia and Costa Rica faced each other 4 times in Copa America: Colombia won 3 and Costa Rica won the remaining match. This latest victory, specifically, was in the last match in which they faced each other. The Ticos won 3-2.

On June 11, 2016 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas (where Colombia defeated Paraguay in this edition) faced the team led by José Nestor Pekerman against Costa Rica coached by Oscar Ramírez. The contexts were opposite, as Colombia came after two wins over the United States and Paraguay, while Costa Rica reached one point out of a possible 6. The result of a draw with Paraguay. This was the final date for Group A of the Copa América Centenario.

for this reason, The Argentine strategist chose to form with 10 substitutesFor that match, while Ramirez was placed in the starting lineup. Colombia formed with: Robinson Zapata; Stefan Medina, Yerry Mina, Felipe Aguilar, Frank Fabra; Guillermo Seles, Carlos Sanchez, Sebastian Pérez; Dairo Moreno, Marlos Moreno, and Roger Martinez. For its part, Costa Rica did so with: Patrick Pemberton, Kendall Waston, Johnny Acosta, Francisco Calvo, José Salvatierra, Ronald Matarita, Randall Azofeva, Celso Borges, Cristian Bolaños and Johan Vanegas.

The game was open and the goals came quickly: Vanegas scored Costa Rica’s opener in the 2nd minute, then Colombia equalized through Franck Fabra in the 6th minute. Fabra himself had bad luck and scored an own goal in the 34th minute. The match ended in a 2-1 draw with no confidence Colombia on the field, wearing a white shirt, blue shorts and white socks.

The second half began with Cardona and James as new additions. They did not have an immediate impact, and Borges scored the third goal for Costa Rica in the 58th minute. The third goal was the signal for Pekerman, who replaced the substitutes and included Juan Guillermo Cuadrado instead of Felipe Aguilar, for whom he played a match. I forgot. In the 72nd minute Colombia found the opponent at the feet of Marlos Moreno and were encouraged to go for the equaliser. He had options but couldn’t make it happen. The match ended 3-2, which cost Colombia first place in the group, which was occupied by the United States. With the same 6 points as Tricolor but with a different goal.

Colombia finished third in the Copa America Centenario by defeating the United States 1-0 While Chile was the champion after defeating Argentina on penalties in the final.