Yasser Asprilla He had already been showing a good level with Watford, in the second division of English football, and now he had his baptism in the Colombia selection, with a great second half in the debut of the Argentine Nestor Lorenzo as coach of the national team.
Asprilla came on to replace Mateus Uribe, and with only 19 minutes on the pitch he reported, first, with an assist for the third goal, scored by Rafael Santos Borré, and then, with a great bill, after receiving a brilliant pass by Jorge Carrascal: he opened the field until he found the space to take his left foot and break Guatemala’s goal: it was the fourth goal of the game and the first he scored with the National Team.
“The truth is that I am very happy to have debuted with a goal,” Asprilla said in the mixed zone at Hard Rock Stadium in New Jersey.
Yaser Asprilla had already excited in his debut
It was not his first match with the National Team: he had already taken full advantage of the first opportunity he received in January of this year, when Reinaldo Rueda called him for a friendly match against Honduras in Fort Lauderdale, in a team with a majority of League players. local.
At that time he played for Envigado and a day later his transfer to Watford was confirmed, although this team left him for six more months in the Colombian league. In that match, Asprilla came on in the 43rd minute, when one of the experienced team members, Juan Fernando Quintero, was injured.
Now, Asprilla, 19 years old (he was born on November 19, 2003 in Bajo Baudó (Chocó), was the second youngest player in a controversial call by Lorenzo, in which he called practically the entire base of the National Team in He was only surpassed by a former teammate of his at Envigado, Jhon Jáder Durán, a month younger than him and who went through a similar process, but with the Chicago Fire: the American team bought him and waited for him to come of age to incorporate it into the MLS.
Asprilla highlighted the contribution of the team’s veterans, especially that of Radamel Falcao García: while Yaser had barely accumulated his second game with the National Team, Tigre played his 100th game, in 16 years of experience.
“I also thank my teammates for supporting me. It is a joy to be with Falcao and the others. They have talked to me a lot, they give me advice, it is a very nice feeling to be with Falcao and all of them”, he said, as if to ratify what Lorenzo said when justifying the call of the experienced players on the squad.
Asprilla said that already “in the warm-up they told me that I could take advantage with the shuttlecocks” and that even the DT made him see how to take advantage by asking him “to enter with confidence and to do what I have always done on the court. Thank God he gave himself the opportunity to score the first goal with the Colombian National Team”.
Yaser left the country with 40 games for Envigado, in which he contributed six goals and three assists. At Watford, he seeks his return to the premier league, he has played nine games in all competitions, and although he has failed to score goals, the comments on his performances have been highly appreciative. Gone are the criticisms of his DT in Envigado, Alberto Suárez, more to encourage him to improve. Asprilla wants to start a long career with the National Team and has already given him the first stitch.
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