The 0-0 of Colombia vs. Venezuela it’s boring. He had to beat a team full of substitutes due to a covid outbreak that he has suffered since the first date, when he lost 3-0 with Brazil. Venezuela, and decimated, had to be beaten, and it was not possible.
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Colombia dominated, created, generated and did not achieve the victory because its attack got stuck: when it had genius and ingenuity, it lacked power and goal efficiency and in long passages of the second half there was neither genius, nor ingenuity nor surprise. And when there was ingenuity, genius and shot on goal, the huge hands of Faríñez. The 0-0 knows little for Colombia, which name by name was more.
Muriel and Zapata, the undisputed attack for his great season at Atalanta, has not yet exploded. Sometimes the ball reaches them little, and when it does, they miss. Neither could Borja, a fighter like Zapata; Díaz, expelled, and Campaz … Did he enter or did I imagine it?
In addition, Colombia had a crooked chassis: Cuadrado and Muñoz reloaded the game wide open on the right. On the left, on the inside, Cardona made up for it in the first half.
Action from the match between Colombia and Venezuela.
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DT Rueda knew that this game was key and that is why he lined up his starter. It already has it and it is the same base as Pékerman in the World Cup in Russia and Queiroz while it lasted: Ospina, Mina, Dávinson, Tesillo, Barrios, Uribe, Cuadrado, Muriel and Zapata.
It is clear that he dominated the field and the ball, but that happened largely because Venezuela, aware of its inferiority, of its Cinderella clothes, was ultra-conservative: five defenders, four fighters flyers and a backward forward. His tactic was 11-0 …
Stating that Colombia did not win for Faríñez is limited. This Venezuela of substitutes had to be beaten: genius and goal were lacking. Almost nothing!
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Incredible final in Ibagué, in the first round for the League title. In order to Millionaires, the unexpected draw in the last play of the game, in the 95th minute, with one less player due to the expulsion of his best footballer (Arango), without his scorer on the field (Uribe, relieved) and without his captain (Macalister, retired injury), it is a true miracle. He achieved parity in a penalty well detected by the VAR for grabbing Valencia’s left arm, replacing Uribe. Just.
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An astonishment for Millos. An imprudence of Mosquera; a punishment for Tolima, who did not expand the account when he could and played a time with one of more.
Pereira kicked the penalty in extremis and saved the point. Regarding Pereira: Gamero, the DT, burned Rosales against Junior and, this Thursday, García. He had to take out the ‘pelaos’ and put in the greats. Football is so rare that with Pereira, without Arango and with one less, Millos was better, he could not hold the game and saved him.
Tolima missed a triumph that could have been long. The Virgin appeared to Millos and perhaps the star.
Meluk tells him …
GABRIEL MELUK
SPORTS Editor
@MelukLeCuenta
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