Yerry Mina, vegetable charger became the hero of Colombia in Russia in 2018 – Colombia – 24 hours

Yerry Mina is one of those players who never go unnoticed. They can be his 1.95 m, or the taste of his dance when he scores a goal, or his surprising signature for Barcelona. And in the World 2018 begins to talk about a mine to explode.

His decisive goal against Senegal in the 1-0 win at the third and final date of Group H, which opened Colombia the doors of the round of 32, They handed Mina on the covers of football

The 23-year-old Colombian arrived at the Catalan club in January from Palmeiras in Brazil, where he was the undisputed starter for two years after arriving in Independiente Santa Fe in 2016.

the offices of & # 39; Verdao & # 39; Azulgranas appeared after visiting the Latin American market in search of a central defender with projection. They met Mina and acquired her record for nearly 12 million euros.

Walking barefoot

Vegetable-feeding teenagers who sometimes walked barefoot in the dusty streets of his hometown of Guachené in the southern department of Cauca, were going to rub their elbows with the kingship of football, with a certain Messi and a certain Cristiano Ronaldo.

The one who repeatedly asked to be able to take the back door of public buses to save the ticket because he needed this money to feed himself, or "because he just did not have any "- as he remembers – he left for Europe, although he then played little in Barcelona

" Now, feet on earth and eyes in the sky ", phrase that he repeated most during his presentation, a metaphor for the life of a man who learned to survive to live, but always with the strength of his Christian faith.

That's why it's not uncommon for him to thank God for whatever he's doing or conquering like for example the goal for Senegalese lions, indispensable for that Colombia this Thursday in Samara and sign their pbad to the next round.

" This is a prize for the work of the entire team and I am happy that the goal served to be the first of the group ", commented after to have been chosen the best player of the crucial match.

Two games, two goals

Mina made a big leap forward to lower Quintero's ball from the corner. It was 75 minutes. The one from Barcelona made a distracted move and he was raised on two Senegalese like him to break the bow at Ndiaye.

" This victory motivates us a lot, every time we go on the field to play we go with potatoes and yucca ," commented a loquacious Mina, which in simple terms meant "eggs." "

This is the second goal of the Colombian in his first World Cup. He scored to Poland in the 3-0 win, the first as much, also in the heights, which then detached the best expression of the foot of the coffee growers.

Now England appears in the Colombian skyline and Mina will live a truly special duel with the World Cup scorer, Harry Kane (5 annotations).

" We must be calm, it begins now, whoever loses, and Colombia is for great things with the help of our Lord ," concluded Mina, that big black and stout dancer who steals the show.