You had to beat the colero. The second in the tie and the runner-up in the Copa América should have had no problems swallowing the worst in the table in one fell swoop.
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One detail: before starting the game, Colombia was a favorite 1 to 11! in betting. I don’t remember a quota like that for Colombia ever. And when the game was 2-0, just opening the second half, the bets went up 1 to 57!
Of course, football has general logic, although sometimes accidents happen. And in the logic of the realities of Colombia and Chile, in the table, in the game, in the mood, in the home team, the 4-0 was even little.
Once again James Rodríguez played a huge game in which he was only missing a goal. After unlocking the score, at 1-0, the team broke free and crushed the Chilean strider with one blow, with a fair of direct plays, braids, centers, counterattacks and elaborate ones.
Soccer has its natural selection, in which the big fish swallows the small one, and if one team is stronger than the other, then it gets four. That, in addition, is called respect for the rival. That, too, is responsibility.
Dávinson Sánchez’s goal unlocked the game
It was suspected that the game was until Chile went first, as generally happens with small teams or at bad times. And just like that…
The game, which was slow, very patient in trying not to miss the pass, with great tact, opened in the 34th minute, with a still ball, one of Colombia’s strengths. James charged, Lucumí headed and, in a carom, with his back to the play, the ball hit Dávinson’s head and deflected to the other side where goalkeeper Cortés was flying. If God gave it, may Saint Peter bless it. From there it was another game.
The feast came in which the big fish not only ate the small one: what Colombia prepared was a fish stew on a wood stove. At 52, Durán, who relieved Córdoba, and James put pressure on Chile’s short exit. James intercepted the pass and left Lucho Díaz alone, who finished off. Impossible to miss: 2-0 and now the dance began.
Colombia arrived, but missed options, such as a header from James, a cross shot from Lucho, two steps in Durán’s 18…
Until the goals came in in a match in which, due to the number of changes and the ease of the rival, it seemed friendly.
In the 82nd minute, Durán, who plays at a different speed, finished off a smoke counterattack by Sinisterra (another torpedo), who slipped an exquisite pass into space and not to his foot. A half turn like a thunderclap was 3-0.
And in stoppage time, Sinisterra again like a rocket, broke the offside barrier and with an impossible definition, scored 4-0 through the only space between the near post and the defender standing on the penalty line.
A win that is good, even if it is against the baddest. And it’s good for that reason: it shows that the team is healthy.
While in Colombia, coach Lorenzo gave Córdoba a boost by starting him after the defeat in Bolivia, in Chile it seemed that coach Ricardo Gareca put in place a team of carpenters specialized in making drawers and beds.
GABRIEL MELUK
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