This Tuesday, The Colombian National Team went to rest evidently beaten by the good first half of Mexicowho took the lead with goals from Alexis Vega and Gerardo Arteaga.
In general opinion, the speed took its toll on Colombia, which seemed slow and erratic in defense.
However, at halftime, in addition to the three substitutions, Néstor Lorenzo also hit his players with a ‘pull on the ears’.
That’s where the victory would have been. This was revealed by Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
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The talk that led to the win
Cuadrado spoke at the end of the game at Levi’s Stadium and confessed that something did happen at halftime.
As he implied, Néstor Lorenzo was very emphatic about what happened in the first half.
“There was talk. The teacher scolded us a bit because we were a bit passive. We talked about what we had to believe, that we had a great selection and I think that is the temperament and the verraquera that God has given us”Square said.
And he added that in the end, the balance turned out to be “very positive” ‘because the Colombian National Team debuted with a double victory in the Néstor Lorenzo era.
“These friendlies and also the entire approach of the teacher that we follow 100% in the midst of adversity and this result fills us with confidence for what is to come”, said Cuadrado about the corrections they made to sign the comeback.
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Néstor Lorenzo had also told the press conference that his players had promised to “play an intense game” and that it all happened because he was “running late to the play.”
He tightened the nuts at halftime, with the departure of James Rodríguez, Steven Alzate and Falcao García for Jorge Carrascal, Luis Sinisterra and Rafael Santos Borré, and the panorama changed.
“We were being lukewarm, and after 5 minutes we were already losing. Mexico hurt us and made us look very bad”, acknowledged the coach about the first half of the game against Mexico.
“We talked about that, the commitment was to play to a thousand and we were playing to 200”, he concluded.
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