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It was exciting, with highs and lows, vertigo and adrenaline … Colombia's ranking for the World Cup Round of 32 was a comeback by mountains russian, where the legs finished a lot

From the elimination and uncertainty of 0-0 in the first half, without James Rodríguez – replaced at 30 due to injury – Colombia won 1-0 with a pounding by Yerry Mina top scorer surprising of the World Cup. A victory to cringe in the final, in front of all the crush of desperate Senegalese and stopped with all the strength of the saving hands of goalkeeper Ospina.

Whew! Colombia finished first in Group H and stamped their pbadport for the last 16 in Moscow against second place in Group G (England or Belgium).

The match started slowly and then accelerated in Colombia, like a roller coaster. Far behind and through the problems on the right, because Cuadrado and Arias could not hold Sabaly, Baldé and Mané. The team was nervous about the drama on the left, across the Samara Stadium pitch. James Rodriguez was trampling.

In the heating zone was a detail: Luis Fernando Muriel and José Heriberto Izquierdo left the "bobinho" and intensified their activities. Muriel took James's place in the 30th minute. And when James limps, the box team and Colombia limps. The game was thus exaggerated in three points: patience, pause and precaution.

Senegal still had a penalty punctuated by the referee, Milorad Mazic. at 16 minutes, but the video referee, the new "Big Brother" of football has reversed the decision. Dávinson Sánchez first touched the ball and then touched Mané, who stumbled

A complicated match, in which Colombia only kicked a goal in a Quintero foul and suffered with the ball out and leave the World Cup, because besides the own 0 to 0, the 0 to 0 in Volvogrado between Japan and Poland accomplished an elimination which arrived very fast.

Then Jose Peckerman and his boys understood that they had to risk everything then they had nothing and the team went to play on the Senegalese territory in the second period, leaving many spaces for them. speed ascents of Mané, Niang, Sarr or Sabaly.

Assuming the greatest risk of elimination and without offensive clarity, Jan Bednarek scored a real goal of another match. At 820 km from here, in a city that arrives at 13h by car, the Pole won the Japanese and ranked Colombia. Purpose of the Polombia! Purpose of the Polombia! The social network, still sharp, exploded, as well as the 30,000 Colombians who, with their screams in the stadium stands, informed the players and the bank that it was to win

and from That moment, with James looking at the bank, Colombia advanced: Muriel's cross came out, immediately followed by a halter of falcao. Quintero went through the middle, between the goalkeeper and a defender who played for another corner.

A minute later, at 29, Yerry Mina approached the Senegalese defense and hit a header in the corner of the penalty area. Quintero. Objective

Soon the 20 worst minutes of the match, the last with the additions of this ride on the roller coaster. Senegal has put Colombia on the vertigo blade. Ospina shook her hands and with them the team held firm, while the belly (just the belly, nothing more, to be clear) went up the throat and Peckerman changed the team to support and win time.

Vertigo by Uribe and Borja by Falcao

The train of vertigo and adrenaline stops 20 seconds after the end of the match of Poland, which beats Japan 1 to 0. Colombia reaches the octaves of the World Championship of Russia with mysterious avatars and vibrations of a real roller coaster. It could not be otherwise.

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Editing Lance! / El Tiempo