Bogotá/Prensa Latina
The Colombian national soccer team filled the country with pride this Tuesday and made history by beating its rival Romania for the first time with a score of 3-2, in a friendly match held in Madrid, Spain.
The Civitas Metropolitan Stadium in the European capital witnessed the feat where the South American team was superior to an opponent whose defense was pierced from the sixth minute with Jhon Córdoba’s goal.
Jhon Arias would do the same in the 35th minute and this would be added, in the 79th minute, by the bombshell by Yaser Asprilla who, at twenty years old, established himself as one of the greatest promises of Colombian football.
When everything seemed to have been said in the game, the until then humiliated Romanian team was able to pierce Colombia’s defense with its first goal scored by Ianis Hagi in the 84th minute.
The difference on the scoreboard decreased in stoppage time with Florin Tanase scoring to seal the final 3-2.
According to game statistics, Colombia was superior in almost every indicator of the match with 89 percent passing accuracy versus its opponent’s 80 percent, and 63 percent possession versus 37 percent. percent achieved by its opponent.
On the other hand, the fouls of the Latin eleven (14) doubled those committed by their rival.
With the result achieved on this day, Colombia remains undefeated in its last 21 games, and achieves a long-awaited revenge against a team with which it had faced on three occasions, two of them in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, without winning. in none.
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