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July 15 – Before the final of Copa America between holders, Argentina and pretenders, Colombia, Uruguay coach, Marcelo Bielsa ripped Conmebol and hosts, the United States. He said that the pitches were unsuitable, the training grounds a disaster, that the US used FIFA lawsuits for its own interests, and that security was a joke.
Bielsa wasn’t exaggerating about security!
At the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, the gates were breached. Women and children were crushed, while police and security were powerless to stop ticketless fans from storming the venue.
It was almost a carbon copy of the disorder that occurred at Wembley Stadium before the final of the 2021 European Championships. Kick-off was delayed over an hour and twenty minutes before order was somewhat restored while X blew up with videos and images that will have 2026 World Cup organisers waking up in a cold sweat.
When the football did begin, Colombia showed exactly why they are on an unbeaten run of 28 matches in front of a 70,000-plus crowd dominated by the yellow shirts of Los Cafeteros.
Ultimately it wasn’t enough to stop Argentina gaining the ascendancy in the later part of the match and added time
Nestor Lorenzo has built a team that combines physicality, discipline, and talent that would give any team on the planet questions to answer. In a 45 minutes that was short on quality chances, Jhon Cordoba had the best Colombian opportunity as a slick interchange of passes resulted in him hooking his shot onto the far post with Emiliano Martinez a spectator.
Martinez was called into action again when Jefferson Lerma unleashed a fine strike from 25 yards, the World Cup, Golden Glove winner always looked comfortable diving to his right though.
James Rodriguez, so often the orchestrator for underdogs was limited to set pieces which have been his bread and butter throughout the tournament, however, they did raise some concerns in the Argentinian penalty area without truly threatening.
As for the…
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Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-07-15 09:15:37
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