Colombia team to the quarterfinals: thrashed Slovakia without problems for the Sub 20 World Cup

Full Time. Colombia beat Slovakia 5-1 in the round of 16 of the Under 20 World Cup in Argentina.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooool from Colombia!!! Cortés puts the fifth goal

Seven more minutes will be played

Hurtado misses the fifth goal for Colombia. He was alone in front of the goalkeeper

Slovakia goal! Jambor puts the first goal for the Europeans

Colombia has complete control of the ball.

The lines of Slovakia go forward, trying to create danger for the rival

The Colombian team continues to generate danger on the right wing

In a matter of minutes, the Colombians win, thrash and like it.

Goooooooooal for Tomás Ángel!!! Colombia is giving a soccer chair to Slovakia

Look at the goals of the Colombian National Team

Gooooooooooooooooooooooool from Colombia!!! Tomás Ángel puts the 3-0 in his favor.

Gooooooooooooooooooooool from Colombia!!! Asprilla makes it 2-0 for the ‘Coffee Growers’

Gooooooooooooool Colombia! Cortés opens the scoring for the South American team.

The second stage of the match began.

End of the first half. Colombia and Slovakia draw 0-0

One more minute will be played

Colombia puts Slovakia on the ropes but they fail to score the first goal

Alexis Manyoma gets complicated on the right wing and his game cannot progress.

Tomás Ángel was nothing to generate the 1-0 for Colombia

The Slovakian team tries to generate damage through the air.

A game with little friction is recorded in the first 10 minutes of the match.

Colombia begins to press the exit of the rival team.

The first part of the game began.

The lineup of the Colombian team.

He also added that his team is working “step by step” to be able to reach the last game of the World Cup and said that one of the things he likes most about the group is that they know what they want.

During the meeting with the press, the midfielder Jhon Vélez also spoke, who added minutes from the bench in the games that the coffee team played against Israel, Japan and Senegal.

“The group is well prepared, we know what we are going to play for ourselves, we know that these matches are a final that is played to the death. The group is very focused and we are going to look for the score to go to the next round, which is what we want, ”he said.

The coach also spoke about his next rival, saying that he had “merits” to advance in the round and that now his team is knowing its strengths to assume an instance that will not have revenge.

In the Colombian squad, seven of the 21 players play for teams from other countries: Fernando Álvarez, Gustavo Puerta, Yaser Asprilla, Juan Castilla, Devan Tanton, Daniel Luna and Alexei Rojas.

On the other hand, Cárdenas appreciated the work carried out by local clubs and the participation that their footballers had in them.

Likewise, he celebrated how well they complement each other with those who come from abroad “with great enthusiasm to represent their country.”

This is how the Colombian team warms up the preview

“It is the most important thing and what all of them always have in mind. That the games in the end can be resolved through an individual imbalance is different. But the situations that are generated and are constantly sought to be produced are from the collective operation ”, she assured.

Asked at a press conference about whether the individualities of the South American team could give it an advantage over the European team, the technical director remarked: “I believe that collective work and collective functioning have always prevailed here in the team.”

The “collective work” carried out by the Colombian under-20 team was highlighted this Tuesday by its coach, Héctor Cárdenas, who stressed that this is one of its main strengths against Slovakia, which will be its rival in the round of 16 of the World.

The Colombian team fine-tuned the last details for the match against Slovakia.

Training of the ‘coffee maker’ team corresponding to Monday, May 29.

The goalkeepers of the Colombian team do not stop carrying out preparatory work.

Colombia started the tournament on the right foot: they beat Israel 2-1. On the second date, they defeated Japan by the same score and managed to secure their qualification to the next round. Finally, in the last match in the group stage, they drew 1-1 against Senegal.

After qualifying first as the leader of group C, where they added seven points and finished undefeated, the Colombian team seeks its place in the quarterfinals of the youth competition. In front will be the Slovakian team, which finished third in group B with three units.

WHERE TO SEE COLOMBIA VS SLOVAKIA SUB 20

Gol Caracol broadcasts on TV in Colombia, while DirecTV will do so internationally.

WHAT TIME DOES COLOMBIA VS SLOVAKIA PLAY?

Mexico – 3:00 p.m.
Colombia – 4:00 p.m.
Peru – 4:00 p.m.
Ecuador – 4:00 p.m.
Bolivia – 5:00 p.m.
United States – 5:00 p.m.
Paraguay – 5:00 p.m.
Chile – 5:00 p.m.
Argentina – 6:00 p.m.
Uruguay – 6:00 p.m.
Brazil – 6:00 p.m.

WHEN DO COLOMBIA VS SLOVAKIA PLAY FOR THE SUB 20 WORLD CUP?

The match for the round of 16 of the Under 20 World Cup will be played this Wednesday, May 31 at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium.

Welcome to the coverage of the match between Colombia vs Slovakia for the round of 16 of the 2023 Sub 20 World Cup.