Colombia debuted with a tough defeat in the Pre-Olympic: it lost badly against Ecuador

There was no happy premiere for the Colombia National Team in the Pre-Olympic tournament. It was rather a bitter, anguished, worrying debut, with a 3-0 defeat against Ecuador on the first day of group A.

Colombia started with enthusiasm, with dominance, but the entire game and strategy were turned upside down after an expulsion. Since then, with 10 players, it was exposed to epic or tragedy. It was tragedy.

At the beginning of the match Andres Gomez put the joy of the attack. He was the different player, skillful, sharp, a demon in the Ecuadorian defense. The first approach was at his feet, with a shot that passed close to the goal.

I pulled the strings Daniel Ruiz, the talented one, the one in charge of clearing the way. With him creating and Gómez exploring, Colombia began to get into the game, but without the dose of clarity. With inert control. Explosiveness was lacking.

Ecuador played comfortably, because without having the ball they did not suffer, they waited like those teams that are plotting something, some counterattack, and so it was, in a loss of the ball by Colombia in attack came a pass into the void for the attacker Cuero who managed to cause fear , although his shot went into the hands of goalkeeper Sebastián Guerra.

Expulsion and debacle

The game fell on Colombia with all its drama when they lost one of their warriors. He was the left back Fory The one who committed an excessive foul already had yellow and saw the red. Disaster. The technician Hector Cardenas He was stunned, thinking quickly how to rethink, he chose to take out the attacker Carlos Cortes and put Samuel Velasquez to rearrange the defense.

Colombia chose to guarantee its security at the back, sacrificing its volume up front. And Ecuador felt more comfortable. He advanced his lines. He took a step forward. Colombia, a step back. The National Team went from the proposal to resignation: wait, endure and see how Ecuador grew. They lost control of the ball, it was a team stunned by the expulsion. The Ecuadorian Pedro Vite He was the player who set off the alarm by finding space in the middle and taking a strong shot that went over the goal. A warning.

The ball was burning in Colombia. There was no way to make two good passes. It was lost very quickly, as if nervousness took over the players, as if those in front were twice as many, but they were one more. John Mercado He tried with another shot that the Colombian goalkeeper saved well. The game was that, an Ecuadorian attack. Colombia was begging for the first half to end.

Colombia came out to play the second half with the same man less, but with a different disposition, with multiplied players so that that void would not be felt as much. He took the step forward again, to show Ecuador that there was a rival and that he had left. He even almost scored the first goal in a corner kick and a lethal header from the defender. Ceballos, that he managed to touch the goalkeeper to deflect the ball over his goal. Andrés Gómez was also able to celebrate, who invented a great individual play, cleared the way and took a great shot that ended in a corner kick.

But it was not a game to trust. Not with that disadvantage. Ecuador did harm whenever it wanted. If Colombia took risks, it took risks. The tie became a loot as the minutes passed. But it was not achieved. At minute 70 the Colombian goal fell. Óscar Perea, recently admitted, lost the ball. Ecuador made a quick change of front, the player entered the area Yaimar Medinaalone, Mosquera pursued him without success, and Medina scored to make it 1-0.

That's where the team collapsed. He was left without strength, without spirit, without football, without anything. Cristopher Zambrano and again Yaimar Medina They scored and ended up burying the national team, which suffered a tough defeat in its debut. It could have been even worse, with a penalty at the end that goalkeeper Guerra saved.

It was a debut to forget and to rethink. The next challenge will be against Brazil, on Friday.

PABLO ROMERO
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