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Thursday, June 28, 2018
The team led by José Néstor Pekerman had to work more than necessary at the Samara Arena to beat the Africans' good defense, but a header from Yerry Mina gave the 1-0 to "coffee", who also stayed with the G group, and wait for Belgium or England.
By Cristóbal del Campo H. | @chrsvandevelde
Kill or die. This was the slogan of Colombia in the last game of Group G of Russia 2018. It is that the South American team served the triumph to advance by itself to the round of 16, and it was Reached, because it was taxed by the minimum account Senegal, which ended up running out of bread and pieces, completing an ugly world cup for Africa.
In a lazy first half, the team led by José Néstor Pekerman came out expect his rivals, who tried to surprise from the outset at the Samara Arena, while the & # 39; cafeteros & # 39; had their great chances of the first half through stopped bullets.
This happened, for example, at 12 ", when Juan Fernando Quintero looked for the 1-0 with a huge I was in free cross, but the goalkeeper Khadim N 'Diaye was was remarkable in sending the ball to the corner. On the other hand, at 17 ", an alleged criminal foul of Davinson Sánchez – initially accused by referee Milorad Mazic – complicated the South Americans, but after reviewing the play in the VAR, this accusation was finally rejected. 19659007] Later, when the clock marked 25 minutes of play, the second big opportunity was for the Colombians, when Radamel Falcao hit another Quintero free kick, but the ball went over the crossbar .
The anxiety was exacerbated in the combined Pekerman, because at 30, James Rodriguez had to leave the field through the injury, and this affected the team at times , who could not find a way to achieve the opposite goal by badociated games
In the second period, while the South Americans released a larger volume of attack, given the the need to win to qualify for the round of 16, but the good defense of Senegal – mainly in the name of Kalidou Koulibaly – he lost his chances.
Fortunately for the" coffee growers ", Poland scored 1-0 over Japan – the other team in the fight to advance -, getting the first into the qualifying zone, while the Teranga Lions & # 39; have not made much effort to achieve the opposite goal, because the partial results have placed them in first place.
This happened to Africans because at 74 ' everything changed After a corner shot from "Quinterito", Yerry Mina pulled out. No Diaye of a powerful head, scoring 1-0. From then on, Aliou Cissé's team looked for a tie by all means, but David Ospina was decisive and kept the zero in his goal, until the final whistle.
In this way, Colombia did the work in Samara and, despite having suffered more from the account with the good defense of Senegal – who could not get the faces of the Africans ended up being eliminated from the World Cup – , the G group has won and now waits rival, who will leave between Belgium and England, both already ranked in group H.
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