The selections of Colombia and Canada They did not hurt themselves this Tuesday and tied 0-0 in a friendly match played at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in the American town of Harrison (New Jersey), where there were few emotions and a lot of strong play. The South Americans, led by Argentine Néstor Lorenzo, took the opportunity to test several players and the experiment did not give very good results, as the team had difficulties creating danger and associating well.
However, the Canadians did not do much damage in attack either and both teams were left owing emotions to the crowd that came to Sports Illustrated Stadium. The Americans imposed conditions in the first minutes with the high pressure they exerted on the departure of the coffee growers, who had many difficulties stringing together sequences of passes and sent very few balls to the scorer Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández.
James Rodríguez, in a match incident
Jesse Marsch’s team began to partner mainly on the right side, where midfielder Tajon Buchanan became a headache for the defense due to his mobility. However, Buchanan’s high pressure and work did not have positive effects on the attacks, as the forwards Jonathan David and Tani Oluwaseyi were of little importance, completely controlled by the Colombian center backs Jhon Lucumí and Davinson Sánchez.
Inaccuracies and rough play set the pace of a first half in which neither team had clear scoring opportunities and goalkeepers Álvaro Montero and Dayne St. Clair. In the second half, Colombia coach Néstor Lorenzo brought on James Rodríguez to try to have more of the ball, but his team still had many difficulties creating opportunities.
As the minutes pass, more spaces
As the minutes passed, both the Americans and the coffee growers relaxed and began to leave space. This is how the first clear opportunity of the game came in the 56th minute in a lethal counterattack led by Cucho Hernández, who enabled Luis Díaz who in the one-on-one took a right hand that brushed St. Clair’s left post.
Canada, for its part, continued to do damage on the right with Buchanan and more David and Oluwaseyi began to appear, although they were not entirely clear either and were controlled by an organized Colombian defense. In the 75th minute, when there was little emotion in the game, David scored on a very quick play, but American referee Guido González annulled the goal because in the previous play Jacob Shaffelburg, who made the assist, was offside.
TECHNICAL SHEET
0 – Colombia: Álvaro Montero; Andrés Román, Davinson Sánchez, Jhon Lucumí, Johan Mujica; Juan Camilo Portilla (m.79, Jefferson Lerma), Richard Ríos (m.78, Kevin Castaño), Jaminton Campaz (m.46, James Rodríguez), Juan Fernando Quintero (m.60, Kevin Serna); Luis Díaz (m.60, Yasser Asprilla) and Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández (m.60, Rafael Santos Borré).
0 – Canada: Dayne St. Clair; Niko Sigur (m.84, Zohran Bassong), Luc de Fougerolles, Derek Cornelius, Richie Laryea; Ismaël Koné (m.84, Matthieu Choiniere), Stephen Eustáquio, Tajon Buchanan (m.71, Jacob Shaffelburg), Ali Ahmed (m.60, Liam Millar); Jonathan David and Tani Oluwaseyi (d.72, David Promise).
Referee: the American Guido González. He booked Richie Laryea, Derek Cornelius and Niko Sigur.
Incidents: friendly match played at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in the American town of Harrison (New Jersey).
In the end, Rafael Santos Borré had an opportunity for Colombia and the right back Andrés Román another with a shot that hit the post, which almost caused the South Americans who filled the stadium to celebrate. Despite that, neither team hurt the other and the match ended 0-0.
