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Colombia 2-1 Peru: see the analysis of the victory in the South American U-20 | Colombia selection

The Colombian National Team kept their first three points in the closing game of the second day in Group A. The team led by Héctor Cárdenas, who equalized against Paraguay, overcame the adversities of being down again on the scoreboard, this time against Peru and with an excellent performance by Gustavo Puerta and Óscar Cortés, the latter who was not a starter in the debut, managed to overcome the commitment and put themselves in the shared lead.

Against Peru they corrected several things, especially the organization in the midfield and defense, although the Peruvian goal came due to a serious mistake by the two central defenders who hesitated to reject and gave away a lot of space that Diether Vásquez finally took advantage of. Subsequently, they resolved the actions well and responded with goals.

Óscar Cortés, undoubtedly was the great figure in Colombia’s victory thanks to his double at the right moment when they fell by the slightest difference, they hit the Millonarios striker. The changes that Héctor Cárdenas made at the beginning of the game were vital and the national team improved a lot compared to what was shown against Paraguay.

This is how we analyze the best virtues of the Colombian National Team that led him to victory:

– Scheme change: Regarding the first game against Paraguay, Héctor Cárdenas had two brand midfielders, one mixed as Gustavo Puerta, captain and another Jhojan Torres who did not have his best debut conditioned by the yellow card and in a huge disconnection with his teammates that cost him premature departure from the field of play. In defense, Édier Ocampo left his place for Juan José Mina who overflowed well on the right. He lined up Miguel Monsalve, Juan Castilla and Óscar Cortés instead of Torres, Alexis Castillo Manyoma and Juan David Fuentes, in addition, Ricardo Caraballo did not start either and Isaac Zuleta was there, who had little prominence on the field. The five changes gave him the opportunity to analyze better aspects and without a doubt, the Colombian National Team improved in all fields.

– Doubts about the central defense: Although the defensive organization improved a lot, the defensive duo of Kevin Mantilla and Daniel Pedrozo found themselves disconnected in the first half. In fact, the goal scored by Peru is childish with a goal kick by José Sebastián Amasifuén that Pedrozo miscalculated in the second half. mark, Catriel Cabellos took the opportunity to cover meters and yield to Diether Vásquez who, facing Luis Marquines, put the first on 37 minutes. Subsequently, Colombia suffered little and the midfield and defense looked very orderly.

– Immediate response: Only eight minutes passed when, before the end of the first half, Colombia managed to equalize, taking advantage of a lot of space left by Peru and with an excellent cross definition from Óscar Cortés that evened the result, giving him more illusions to finish off the second half. Taking advantage of the gaps left by the Incas were the keys to finally taking the three points.

– The Puerta-Cortes society: the evening soccer in Cali stayed in Bogotá with the great understanding of Gustavo Puerta and Óscar Cortés, players of Bogotá FC and Millonarios respectively. Colombia’s first goal to equalize came in an individual run by Gustavo who eluded rivals and ended up giving way to Óscar who controlled and finished off a cross to define and give peace of mind for the break. Already in the complement, a corner that Puerta threw allowed Cortés to jump to head and decree the second for the victory.

– All to the right: The wings were important, especially the right wing where Juan José Mina was, where Gustavo Puerta turned and where Óscar Cortés was also present. The first goal came from a run by Puerta that assisted Cortés and the second was a corner kick from that line in the second half that ended with the final header.

– Second key time: As well as in the debut against Paraguay, they reacted after a bad first half. Although against Peru they improved in control from the first minute, an action of a defensive misunderstanding opened the door for the Peruvians. In the plugin, they continued calmly after equalizing the score and with control, 59% possession, greater intensity in the rival goal with more shots, better pass effectiveness and also more corner kicks that mark good control than had Colombia.

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