Colombia vs Argentina: summary, goals and results of the South American sub-20 match | Colombia selection

The Colombian National Team beat Argentina 1-0 for the last day of group A of the 2023 South American U-20 Championship, at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in the city of Cali. In which they played a high intensity game for what was at stake and in the end, the tricolor qualified for the second phase in Bogotá.

In the first minutes, the game was quite intense on the part of both teams, with some approaches and rough play. The Colombians sought to have order from the defensive, and then come out with possession. While the Argentines were looking for a more direct game on the sides.

After 16 minutes, the gauchos had a clear option on the right side with Brian Aguirre, the winger shot the center, the defense failed to reject the ball well, the rebound was capitalized by Gino Infantino, who shot and went very close to the goal. Right stick defended by Luis Marquines.

Little by little, the albiceleste was getting closer to the opposite area, putting the rear in trouble at times. For their part, the coffee growers could not find their forward midfield game, with difficulty reaching the goal defended by Franco Herrera.

Around minute 31, the tricolor had two clear arrivals at the rival gate. First with a good collective move, which ended with a shot from Daniel Luna, but without much power to beat the goalkeeper. The second with an individual action by Miguel Monsalve inside the area, where he couldn’t give him the final shot. Then came the first change of the game, Daniel Luna had to retire injured by a heavy footfall that he received before the minute of the game and Alexis Castillo Manyoma took his place.

For the complementary part, both teams made a change. Juan David Fuentes entered the local for Miguel Monsalve and Ulises Ciccioli visited for Brian Aguilar. In the second half, Argentina pressed, but then Colombia came out quickly with Alexis Castillo and assisted Fuentes, who advanced several meters, finished off cross, but the goalkeeper stopped in two stages.

At minute 54, Nicolas Paz recovered a ball at the start of Edier Ocampo, finished off with power and Marquines stopped the action. More substitutions followed. Jhojan Torres entered for Ricardo Caraballo in the tricolor and in the albiceleste Alejo Véliz and Nahuel Génez for Axel Encinas and Julián Aude.

Then the game got very close and physical in the midfield, with the two selected trying to take control of the arrivals. At minute 75, Manyoma recovered a ball in his own half where he came out playing, after halfway through the field he assisted Juan David Fuentes, who looked for his best profile, finished off and when it was thought that the goalkeeper was controlling it, it passed between his legs to the 1-0.

The gauchos had little reaction and the coffee growers continued looking to extend the lead on the scoreboard. In addition, Jorge Cabezas entered the field for Oscar Cortés. During the visit Julián Fernández by Máximo Perrone. In the final minutes, the tricolor was able to defend its difference and achieved the victory of the classification.

The next match of the Colombian National Team in the South American U-20 Championship will be on Tuesday in the second phase of the tournament in the city of Bogotá. While Argentina ended its participation in the South American, being eliminated.

Juan Andres Arias Arias
Soccer Correspondent
Cali
On Twitter: @AriasJuan_15