Colombia thrashed Slovakia 5-1, in San Juan, with a brace from Tomás Ángel, son of Juan Pablo, the former River Plate striker, and another from Óscar Cortés, one of the tournament’s strikers, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Sub 20 world Argentina 2023.
In the run-up to the match between Argentina and Nigeria at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium, the Colombian team settled the classification at the start of the second half with goals from Óscar Cortés (2m. and 49m.), Yaser Asprilla (5m.) and Tomás Ángel, on two occasions (7m. and 18m.).
Slovakia’s discount came at 41 minutes through Timotej Jambor.
The “coffee” team will stay in San Juan since next Saturday at 6:00 p.m. they will face Italy or England, who will play from 6:00 p.m. in La Plata.
After a difficult first half and with few goal situations, the Colombian team took advantage of a serious mistake by the Slovakian defense at the start of the second half that allowed them to open the scoring and direct the pass to the quarterfinals.
The key to victory was Óscar Cortés, one of the team’s scorers with four goals, who was in charge of opening and closing the win and with four goals being one of the championship’s strikers.
The other striker who was uncovered with a brace was Tomás Ángel, the son of the former River Plate striker.
The second was a great goal from Yaser Asprilla, who has nothing to do with the well-remembered “Tino”, with a powerful right-footed shot that went high, close to the crossbar.
That blow at the start of the second half was too much for the Slovaks, who could not do anything against the offensive efficiency of their rival and in 7 minutes they conceded three goals.
About the end and with the process already resolved, Slovakia discounted through a header from Timotej Jambor, at 41 minutes.
Colombia, which finished third in the South American tournament that it organized at the beginning of the year, is waiting for the winner of the European classic and for the second consecutive edition it is among the eight best in the competition.
His best performance at a U-20 World Cup was in the United Arab Emirates in 2003 when he finished in third place.
Source: Ambito
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