2024-07-11 10:31:26
A feat. This is how the international media described the ranking of the Colombian National Team in the final of the Copa América after they beat Uruguay 1-0 in the semi-final of the competition.
After a score from Jefferson Lerma, in the 39th minute with a header, Colombia had to keep it with 10 men due to the dismissal of goalkeeper Daniel Muñoz in the 45th minute, which opened rival Uruguay and ended up leaving the ‘tricolor’ ‘ with one less man.
Colombia had to hold on for the entire second half and managed to pull back to avoid a Uruguay tie that would have seen the game go to penalties. After the final whistle and the fight between the Uruguayan players and the National Team fans in the stands, the technical director referred to the game and talked about what happened to Daniel Muñoz.
“He betrayed his emotions again. And well, that’s it, I hugged him and told him ‘without you we wouldn’t be here, so keep your head up,'” explained Lorenzo at a press conference.
Colombia will face Argentina in the final of the tournament next Sunday, Lorenzo also emphasized the determination of the players to defend the result.
“It seems almost impossible for me to keep a game of this size with one less player,” said Lorenzo.
In the Colombian dressing room everything was a party, even the singer Ryan Castro was there, who sang the song that became the National Team’s anthem in this Copa América: ‘The rhythm that unites us’.
Regarding Colombia’s chances in Sunday’s final against Argentina, his home country, Lorenzo declared: “It’s a group that wants to be protagonists, that wants to win something, that’s hungry.”
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