
The goalless draw against Norway left the Sub-20 Colombia National Team with a bittersweet taste: it showed dominance and intensity, but failed to capitalize on its options.
Photo: EFE – Benjamín Hernández
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The selection of Colombia Sub-20 eMpató 0-0 against Norway In Talca and, although he let the possibility of sealing his classification in advance, he remains at the top of the Grup f of the World Cup next to the European team. The party was intense, with those led by César Torres dominating much of the game, but without the effectiveness to break the Norwegian bolt.
The goalkeeper Einar Fauskanger It was the great figure of the encounter. With just 17 years, the Norwegian goalkeeper took Seven Clear Goals of Goalincluding a header of Yeimar Mosquera and a powerful auction of Joel Romero who crashed in the horizontal. The Colombian insistence collided again and again with the strength of the rival, who chose to defend the draw in the final minutes. The selection was hard for him to find variants in the midfield and had to resort to the centrals to generate game, a symptom of the difficulty they had to open spaces.
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With this result, Colombia and Norway add four points in two days. Those led by Torres had debuted with 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, while the Scandinavians had overcome Nigeria 1-0. Equality left both with the same record: a triumph, a draw and without goals against, which places them at the top of the table with the same goal difference (+1). Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, which face later, have not yet added units.
Joel Romero's double stick that saved Norway
The definition of the group is open for the last date, but Colombia maintains the advantage of depending on itself to ensure the classification. The objective of the squad is to keep the first place to dispute the round of 16 in Talca, thus avoiding a headquarters. To do this, you will need to improve in the efficacy for the arc, an aspect that coach Torres himself recognized as a slope after the tie.
This is how the Colombian group table goes in the Chilean World Cup
- Saudi Arabia and Nigeria will play at 6:00 pm*
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