Colombia 2 – 1 Argentina

What could I say about the game? It wasn’t a great game but it was o.k. In the first half Tevez was sent off at the 24th minute for kicking Bustos. I’ve heard that Bustos should be sent off too because he kicked Tevez first, but I really didn’t see the play. Argentina were playing better and Messi scored after an outstanding play in the 37th minute.

Pinto replaced Castrillón and Ferreira for Grisales and Torres in the beginning of the second half and Colombia started to play better, some argies started to look tired (like Riquelme and Cambiasso) and Colombia controlled the ball for a long time. Colombian first goal was at the 63rd minute after a nice free kick. Bustos was the scorer. Then D. Moreno (who replaced T. Moreno) scored 20 minutes later (83rd).

Here you have some highlights

I have to say again that Colombia didn’t play that well, but we deserved the victory (just because Argentina played worse than us). It’s always good to win a game (even better when you beat a team like argentinian one), but I’m still concerned about Pinto’s stubborness (Castrillón was again on the starters) and the lack of goal, we scored twice today but one of the goals was a free kick.

Just for the record, here are the starters on both teams.

Colombia: Agustín Julio; Rubén Darío Bustos, Walter Moreno, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Estíven Vélez; Jaime Castrillón (Grisales), Carlos Alberto Sánchez, José Amaya, David Ferreira (Torres); Tressor Moreno (D. Moreno), Wason Rentería.

Goals: Rubén Darío Bustos (63m), Dayro Moreno (83m)

Booked: Jaime Castrillón, José Amaya, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Rubén Darío Bustos y Wason Rentería.

Argentina: Roberto Abbondanzieri; Hugo Ibarra, Martín Demichelis, Gabriel Milito, Javier Zanetti; Javier Mascherano, Cambiasso (Rodríguez), Fernando Gago, Juan Román Riquelme; Lionel Messi y Carlos Tévez.

Goal: Messi (35m)

Booked: Martín Demichelis, Juan Román Riquelme, Gabriel Milito

Sent Off: Carlos Tévez.