La Roja bet on not losing and received a return defeat that could have been bigger, against a rival that was superior in all sectors of the field.
The Chilean National Team was defeated on its visit to the Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla, falling 4-0 against Colombia, in another embarrassing presentation by Ricardo Gareca’s team.
The Red He took to the field with the intention of not losing on his visit to Barranquillawith a defensive scheme and with Eduardo Vargas orphaned on offense, trying to hunt down a clearance from his teammates.
Gareca’s strategy went to the trash can in the 34th minute, when Davinson Sánchez scored 1-0 with a rebound goalafter a corner kick, against the passive marking of Guillermo Maripán, who once again had responsibility for the rival’s goals.
A similar image was seen in the plugin, with a national coach without reaction and seeing how Chile was surpassed in all lines, with Colombia playing at ease and minimizing La Roja in all sectors.
In this way, it was not surprising that at 52 minutes Luis Díaz capitalized on a defensive horror by Benjamín Kuscevic to make it 2-0. With this score, Ricardo Gareca just wanted to get his hands on the team, with the entry of Marcelo Morales, Gonzalo Tapia and Lucas Cepeda.
Although La Roja showed something more offensively and dared to step into the rival area, with their first shot on goal after 80 minutes of play. But this was of no use, when two minutes later, An error by Tapia in the delivery generated a counterattack that was taken advantage of by Jhon Durán.
Luis Sinistierra scored the final 4-0 at 93 minutes, in a decision with suspense, since it had to be validated by the VAR to give free rein to the Colombian party and to finish sinking a Chile that continues without showing anything under the command of Gareca.