Hand in hand with the steering wheel Juan Fernando Quintero the Colombian team defeated Honduras 2-1 this Sunday, with what that Reinaldo Rueda’s team closes its preparation to face Peru and Argentina in the next matches of the South American qualifiers against Qatar 2022.
Quintero, who will travel to Argentina in the next few hours to finalize his return to the ranks of River Plate, concluded a maneuver woven by three players from the coffee team after ten minutes.
After leaving touches of ball handling, the 28-year-old left-hander left the field due to injury, giving space to Yaser Asprilla , of years. They were 43 minutes of the friendly played in Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA).
Parity for Honduras was achieved by Kervin Arriaga, who converted a penalty that Yerson Caldelo committed against Diego Rodríguez into a goal, at 43 minutes, while that at 68′ Andrés Colorado converted the winning score for Colombia.
After the advantage Colombia loosened up, while Honduras managed to stand up better in defense although without being able to bother the goalkeeper José Luis Chunga, who barely touched the ball. The “catrachos” were trying to locate their scorer Eddie Hernández, but the wall mounted by Colombia did not let him shine despite the fact that he tried.
With the departure of Quintero, Colombia lost its ideas and he let Honduras carve plays that required Chunga, who had more work to do in the second half of the game.
In the rehearsal laboratory, Rueda sent Andrés Colorado to the field for Daniel Giraldo, looking for a soccer generation, while “Bolillo” sent Raúl Santos for Hernández, and Franklin Flórez replaced Omar Elvir.
In the midst of comings and goings, Colorado, a midfielder who at Deportivo Cali is free to go looking for the goal, took advantage of a play spun by Asprilla and Chará to score the 2-1 victory.
- Colombia: José Luis Chunga (Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo); Yerson Candelo (Andrés Román), Yeimar Gómez (Andrés Llinás), Homer Martínez, Fredy Hinestroza; Daniel Giraldo (Andrés Colorado), Stiven Vega, Juan Fernando Quintero (Yaser Asprilla), Yimmi Chará; Harold Preciado and Miguel Borja (Álvaro Angulo Mosquera).
Coach: Reinaldo Rueda.
- Honduras: Luis López; Mayron Figueroa, Denil Maldonado, Diego Rodríguez, Ómar Elvir (Franklin Florez); Hervin Arriaga, Juan Delgado, Jorge Álvarez, Iván López; Edwin Rodríguez and Eddie Hernández (Raúl Santos).
Coach: Hernán Darío “Bolillo” Gómez.
Friendly match played at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA).