Colombia did not lose against Bolivia in El Alto because of the height. Sure. He lost by starting to invent.
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This 1-0 is a painful defeat as it is only the second loss in the history of the away tie against Bolivia, a rival that in white silver is very limited, minor, and generated by errors from the lineup.
It is, also, because the specific play of the goal is an imprudence by two of the players that Lorenzo invented in the starter in his anti-height plan.
The formula
Let’s go in parts and take a breath: the game script was written a long time ago. We all knew it.
Bolivia was going to push at full speed in the first 20 minutes, running with full lungs, opening the court and kicking from the outside. And that would be their formula until they opened the account and then, if that happened, they would retreat in defense and try to counterpunch.
Colombia knew by heart the instructions for the duel at the 4,150 meters of altitude of El Alto and followed them to the letter: endure that start at full oxygen from the premises, reject what was thrown at him, and then play in slow motion with the ball at his foot and thus defend himself with it to, once he has it, attack in prudent progressions.
And Bolivia was a storm in the first 15 minutes. He opened the court to enter the center and kicked from mid-distance, on the edge of the area.
The correct red card to the Bolivian Cuéllar (at 20 minutes) gave fresh air to Colombia, which then took out the little book, the manual, and started playing the game reading the instructions.
More errors
When you play like this, you can’t make a single line wrong: and Colombia made two mistakes. The first: three of the surprise players of Nestor Lorenzo in the headline, Ditta, Borja and Castañoparticipate in the play of the Bolivian goal.
When Colombia was calmer, Ditta decided to fight Borja with a long ball that was a throw-in. And from a side (listen carefully, from a side!) charged quickly behind Borja’s back, neither Lucumí nor Castaño (another of the new ones) could stop the free Terceros.
‘Supermán’ Vargas, the Colombian goalkeeper, was hit with the only one of the eight mid-range shots that were fired at him. He stopped the other seven. That wasn’t a goal, it was a prophecy!
Yeah Marcelo Bielsa If the coach of Colombia were to leave, he will surely send Ditta to train with the under-15 sparring partners and Borja, to get his feet off the chair…
The second mistake: Colombia missed five clear goal options. John Cordoba he ate four incredible ones. One under the goal hit the post! The other was from Lucho Diaz: They were meant to be put in!
Colombia did not lose because of the altitude against a limited Bolivia, which is what makes the biggest difference: it lost because of the recklessness of Ditta and Borja, two of those that Lorenzo invented to play in El Alto, and because Córdoba missed four times. believe.
Gabriel Meluk
EL TIEMPO sports editor
@MelukLeCuenta
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