MATCH 20 REPORT : COLOMBIANS ON TRACK FOR BACK-TO-BACK TITLES
Colombia defeated Costa Rica 2-nil this Saturday, in Trujillo, qualifying themselves to the semis of Copa America, confirming their status as firm favorites for their second consecutive title. On Tuesday, yhe Colombians clash with Argentina, who beat Peru 1-nil in Chiclayo, hours earlier.
The match in Lima will bring face to face two teams who met in the build-up for Copa America. On June 27th, in Miami (USA), Colombia were 2-nil winners over Argentina, with strikes by Tressor Moreno and Sergio Herrera. Costa Rica, who had the support of the Peruvian crowd who flocked to the Mansiche stadium, created some fine opportunities - the best coming from a long-range effort by Badilla, on 18 minutes, well stopped by Henao. Colombia came close to scoring on 27 minutes, from a Moreno shot, also from outside the box, that exploded onto the crossbar.
Little by little, the Colombians imposed their authority. On 41 minutes, they reached the rivals´ goal with a move that paid dividens against Peru in the previous match: the cutback from the right finding Abel Aguilar, who fired home giving keeper Gonzalez no chance. Six minutes later, Moreno converted a spot-kick he himself earned to double the lead. Colombian-born Costa Rican coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, tried to turn things around, swapping three players in the first 15 minutes of the second half. But the entrance of veterans Centeno, Gomez and Saborio proved worthless in light of the rivals¿ superiority.
Colombia: Juan Carlos Henao - Haider Palacio, Andrés Orozco, Andrés González, Gustavo Victoria - Oscar Díaz, Abel Aguilar, Jairo Patiño (Jhon Viáfara), Elkin Murillo - Tressor Moreno and Sergio Herrera (Edixon Perea). Coach: Reinaldo Rueda.
Costa Rica: Ricardo González - Alexander Castro, Luis Marín, Mauricio Wright, Leonardo González - Douglas Sequeira, Steven Bryce (Walter Centeno), Cristian Badilla, Carlos Hernández (Ronald Gómez) - Alonso Solis and Andy Herrón (Alvaro Saborio). Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto.
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The match in Lima will bring face to face two teams who met in the build-up for Copa America. On June 27th, in Miami (USA), Colombia were 2-nil winners over Argentina, with strikes by Tressor Moreno and Sergio Herrera. Costa Rica, who had the support of the Peruvian crowd who flocked to the Mansiche stadium, created some fine opportunities - the best coming from a long-range effort by Badilla, on 18 minutes, well stopped by Henao. Colombia came close to scoring on 27 minutes, from a Moreno shot, also from outside the box, that exploded onto the crossbar.
Little by little, the Colombians imposed their authority. On 41 minutes, they reached the rivals´ goal with a move that paid dividens against Peru in the previous match: the cutback from the right finding Abel Aguilar, who fired home giving keeper Gonzalez no chance. Six minutes later, Moreno converted a spot-kick he himself earned to double the lead. Colombian-born Costa Rican coach, Jorge Luis Pinto, tried to turn things around, swapping three players in the first 15 minutes of the second half. But the entrance of veterans Centeno, Gomez and Saborio proved worthless in light of the rivals¿ superiority.
Colombia: Juan Carlos Henao - Haider Palacio, Andrés Orozco, Andrés González, Gustavo Victoria - Oscar Díaz, Abel Aguilar, Jairo Patiño (Jhon Viáfara), Elkin Murillo - Tressor Moreno and Sergio Herrera (Edixon Perea). Coach: Reinaldo Rueda.
Costa Rica: Ricardo González - Alexander Castro, Luis Marín, Mauricio Wright, Leonardo González - Douglas Sequeira, Steven Bryce (Walter Centeno), Cristian Badilla, Carlos Hernández (Ronald Gómez) - Alonso Solis and Andy Herrón (Alvaro Saborio). Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto.
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