Colombia National Team: the goals of the victory against Guatemala in New Jersey

Colombia vs. Guatemala

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Taken from Caracol TV

Colombia vs. Guatemala

The ’10’ is now the second striker in the history of the National Team.

The Colombia selection He had no major difficulties to beat Guatemala 4-1, in the Argentine’s first game Nestor Lawrence as national coach.

James Rodriguez scored this Saturday the goal that put Colombia ahead against Guatemala,

The goal came in the 39th minute, when the ’10’ of Olympiacos from Greece finished off in the small area after a clearance from John William Square.

⚽ James Rodríguez responds to Néstor Lorenzo, the new Olympiacos player scores the first goal of the Lorenzo era with the Colombia team. pic.twitter.com/HvIbW5nXfC

—Colombia Analytics (@Colanalytics) September 25, 2022

James scored again after almost six months. His last goal was against Venezuela, from a penalty, the day Colombia was eliminated from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Since then he had only played two games, one with Al Rayyan and the other with Olympiacos.

It is James’s 25th goal with the National Team, with which he surpasses Arnoldo Iguarán in the historical classification and is second, behind Radamel Falcao García, who this Saturday is playing his 100th game with the National Team.

Colombia sentenced the game in the second half

The other three goals came in the second stage: Louis Sinisterra, who replaced Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, scored the 2-0:

For his part, Rafael Santos Borré, who replaced Luis Díaz, scored his second consecutive goal with the National Team, in the 76th minute. He had already scored against Saudi Arabia during Héctor Cárdenas’s interim period.

The fourth goal was scored by Yaser Asprilla, near the end of the match. The Leeds United player had a great performance, as he also provided the assist for Borré’s goal.

Colombia will now face Mexico on September 27, in Santa Clara (California).

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