1-0: Colombia’s triumph at Mestalla and fights in the stands between their fans

The Colombian team beat Iraq this Friday 1-0 in a friendly match that was played at the stadium of mestallain Valencia, thanks to a goal from Marco Cassierra (m.77) who has kept his team undefeated since Nestor Lawrence took office, with five wins and two draws.

Highlight the unfortunate incidents that starred a group of Colombian fans fought during the course of the game and tore up several seats to throw them at each other. Fifteen minutes into the match, the fans began to hit each other and immediately the Valencia stadium security proceeded to expel the individuals from the che compound. According to witnesses close to the incident, the conflict could have been caused by disagreements between fans of rival Colombian clubs.

The selection led by The ‘Profe’ Lorenzo, As the coach advanced in the run-up to the friendly, he sought -and managed- to be the protagonist from the start against a Iraq who was aggressive in pressing and in individual duels to make Colombia uncomfortable, who was supported by their fans with the aim of continuing to consolidate their team for the World Cup qualifiers.

Despite dominating, the coffee growers found it difficult to assault the rival area because they ran into a defined and extensive defensive line. As soon as Iraq left spaces, Colombia came out with the skill of Luis Díaz on the left, but the Iraqi defense was already aware of the potential of the Liverpool player and in the final meters he was always under the control of several players.

At ten minutes, Iraq began to counterattack with Al-Kaabawi and Omeerbut Carrascal and Davinson went all out to clear the opportunities for the Asian team-Colombia dominated with Luis Díaz who continued to demonstrate his quality with a good play that he could not finish due to the accumulation of Iraqi shirts inside the area, but, although he also had a davinson’s headthey were not able to score before the break.

The second part began with an active Iraqi team that had the best chance of the match (m.56) with a Al-Kaabawi cross shot that escaped Montero, the main novelty in the eleven, and bounced off the post, an occasion to which Colombia responded immediately with a Lucumí’s header after a corner kick that went just touching the crossbar.

The game was much more even than in the first half. The Iraqis took advantage of every possession to create danger and Salam came close to opening the scoring with a Chilean while Colombia had its opportunity with a pitch from Borré which went slightly off course.

When Iraq was making it more complicated for Colombia, Casierra, who has just entered the field of play, converted a cross from Arias into a goal (m.77) to give him the victory in this first friendly of the two scheduled on his European tour and keep undefeated Colombia.

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