The strong pulla of Iván Mejía after the fall of the Colombian National Team in France

This Tuesday, the Colombia Sub-20 National Team suffered a heavy defeat in its debut at the Maurice Revello Tournament, previously called Esperanzas de Toulon, against the surprising Comoros, a central African country that took the first victory since the twelve steps, after equaling one in the 90 minutes.

The surprising fall was severely criticized by the renowned journalist Iván Mejía Álvarez, who, through his social networks, launched a strong taunt against the directors of the Colombian Football Federation. “Defeat of the youth team against the portentous team of Comoros. But, Don Ramon [Jesurún] y [Álvaro] González are the ‘owners’. Christmas comes to every pig”said the sports analyst.

It should be noted that the men mentioned in the trill by Mejía Álvarez continue to lead the Federation, despite countless requests for their departure, after the failure of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

It should be remembered that after constant criticism of his management, Jesurún months ago came out to show his face and with controversial statements the uncomfortable question about an exit was removed.

“The responsibility that we have to assume we do, just as we qualified for two World Cups and nobody recognized us as leaders at all. In this aspect they cannot blame us for a result that is competitive and made by players. Soccer is a game,” he said vehemently.

However, to Jesurún, who was recently appointed as a principal member of the Fifa World Council, ESPN journalist Theo González asked the question that most Tricolor fans ask themselves every time the crisis arrives.

“President, I want to counter what you answered us just now that it is false that you have been recognized. You were recognized for the Pékerman process that gave it continuity and you say that it was not done. Now I ask you. Why is it always the technical bodies that pay the piper and the leadership always stays? I give you the example of Algeria with what happened in the African Qualifiers that all came out “questioned the reporter.

The top leader of Colombian soccer took accounts of the Selections that did not achieve the World Cup quota and his answer was a question.

“Yes, it is that the leaders always remain. The technical directors come out tied by the hand of the leaders. I tell you something, you give me the example of Algeria. Fifa has 212 affiliated Federations and only 32 qualify for the World Cup. There are 180 countries eliminated today. Did 180 executive bodies leave the federations? I ask”, he answered asking the journalists present.

loss to Comoros

The national team began by imposing the conditions with the ball on the ground and struck quickly after 5 minutes thanks to a center from the left side that Alexis Castillo connected with a header against the ground to make the country celebrate and get excited about a simpler procedure of what it was.

Comoros’ equalizer came in the 16th minute after a loss at the start that left three rivals against a single Tricolor defender. The pass went to the left flank for full-back Zaïd Amir, who hooked towards the center of the area and took a right shot towards the opposite corner.

The ball hit the horizontal, but that did not prevent it from hitting inside the goal and it was 1-1. Such was the joy of the tie that the entire bench of the African team got up from their seats and celebrated the score with a large hug around Amir.

The commitment then ended in a draw before going to a penalty shootout where the winner of an extra point would be defined, as stipulated in the tournament regulations.

The charges remained equal until the third turn, when Daniel Pedrozo crashed the ball against the crossbar. Fortunately for Colombia, Said missed the next penalty for Comoros and they remained tied until sudden death.

There the Africans converted and Pandor saved the Tricolor’s sixth charge to take the two points. In this way, Japan is the leader of group C with three points, followed by Comoros with 2, Colombia with 1 and in last place is Algeria without units. The next U-20 game will be on Friday from 10:30 in the morning (Colombian time) against the Algerians.