All ended in a draw

February 6th, 2008 | By: Nando | No Comments »

Colombia probably had the better chances to win the game, we even were winning 0-2 until the 75th minute. Nevertheless, Uruguay scored 2 goals on the final minutes (77th and 86th) and as the title says, the match ended in a draw.

Pinto’s lineup for this game was almost the same I gave you on my previous post (actually juan were more accurate) and Colombia played using a 4-3-1-2 formation, very similar to the one we used against Venezuela back in November. I just guessed wrong 2 names, Zapata played instead of Moreno and Perea did the same thing for Falcao.

I’m not going to talk about the match itself, instead I want to talk about the work of 2 Colombian players. Perea scored twice (23rd and 72nd) for Colombia and did an impressive job during the time he was on the pitch (he was replaced by Falcao), it’s really nice to see that we could count with him any time. Another one who did an outstanding job was Guarín, he should be the one who plays along with Amaya and Sánchez on the world cup qualifiers.

There were some players that didn’t do well. Anchico was disappointing again, I really don’t get why Pinto still calling him for the National Team. Hernández wasn’t the guy who played in Colo-Colo last year and the wingbacks Velez and Zuñiga (replaced Bustos on the second half) made some silly mistakes (one of them lead to second Uruguayan goal).

To finish, I’d like to add the match report (just for the record)

Uruguay: Fabian Carini (Juan Castillo); Maximiliano Pereira, Diego Lugano, Diego Godín Jorge Fucile; Diego Pérez (Cristian Rodriguez), Álvaro González (Martin Cáceres), Walter Gargano, Diego Forlán (Edison Cavani); Sebastián Abreu, Luis Suárez

Goals: Edison Cavani (77), Luis Suarez (86)
Coach: Washington Tavares

Colombia: Agustín Julio; Steven Vélez, Cristian Zapata, Amaranto Perea (Walter Moreno), Rubén Bustos (Zúñiga); Gerardo Bedoya (Danilson Córdoba), Freddy Guarín, Yulián Anchico, Giovanni Hernández (Macnely Torres); Edixon Perea, Wason Rentería (Falcao García)

Goals: Edixon Perea (23, 72)
Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto