Colombia achieved a very important victory, by level and by state of mind, 16 days before its debut in the Copa América 2024, in which it will face Paraguay. The team led by Néstor Lorenzo won 1-5 against the host of the tournament, the United States, at FedEx Stadium in Landover (Maryland).
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Despite the large score, this Saturday’s victory on American soil does not reach the top five goals scored by the senior team in its history.
The biggest win for the Colombian National Team was nine years ago
The biggest win for the senior men’s national team was on March 26, 2015, when the coach was still the Argentine José Pékerman. That day they beat Bahrain 6-0. The goals were from Carlos Bacca, Radamel Falcao García (2), Adrián Ramos, Johan Mojica and Andrés Rentería.
The top 5 is completed by four victories by the same score, 5-0. They were all in qualifying matches. The first, the historic victory against Argentina, on September 5, 1993, to ratify the qualification for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. Freddy Rincón scored that day, twice; Faustino Asprilla, also twice, and Adolfo Valencia. Francisco Maturana directed.
The holder of the 5-0 against Argentina
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The other 5-0 was in the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when Pékerman was already on the bench. He went to Bolivia on March 22, 2013. Macnelly Torres, Carlos Valdés, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Radamel Falcao García and Pablo Armero scored.
Pablo Armero with James Rodríguez
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