The party in Europe was round with the Colombian National Team. This Tuesday, March 26, the coffee community vibrated at the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, with a great presentation by the Tricolor, which beat Romania 3-2, in the second international friendly of the FIFA date in March.
Coach Néstor Lorenzo continues to draw conclusions and has fewer and fewer doubts about putting together his luxury XI. That is why they went out to face Romania with 8 starters who defeated Spain, and three changes, two of them were the entry of James Rodríguez and Richard Ríos, who changed the face of the National Team against the Iberians. In addition, he continued testing his area forward, and Jhon Córdoba came on from the kickoff.
And the National Team was a machine: led by the trident made up of Jhon Arias, James Rodríguez and Luis Díaz, the team was dynamic and diabolical, with quick transitions, explosiveness on the wings; Also supported by the sides, Daniel Muñoz and Johan Mojica, and the touch of intelligence from Ríos.
Just in the 6th minute, Luis Díaz left two Romanians scattered in his area, he left the ball to Mojica, who crossed and Jhon Córdoba appeared, to score the first goal, winning with a header and leaving the rival goalkeeper with no chance.
The National Team put pressure when they lost the ball, and when they recovered they handled it intelligently and with luxury. And precisely from a backheel by Muñoz, the play for the second goal was born, which continued with a low center from Ríos, the screen from Córdoba and the definition from Jhon Arias, for 2-0.
In the second half, Lorenzo began to make variations to see other possibilities, already convinced of what he has as a stellar XI.
At the end of the good moment, it was 3-0, in the 79th minute, with a score by Yaser Asprilla.
However, Romania also made changes and the team reacted, scoring two goals, from Hagi (84′) and Tanase (90+3′), to close the gap and leave the result 3-2, which does not reflect the clear Colombian superiority; but it also shows that the substitutes still have to give more to be up to par.