Thursday, November 7

Colombia beat Honduras but lost Juan Fernando Quintero due to injury

Sergio Musella

As part of a rehearsal with some alternative pieces, the national teams of Colombia and Honduras met in a friendly in the United States, where the coffee growers beat the catrachos 2-1 but lost at the wheel Juan Fernando Quintero.

The friendly that served to prepare the teams for the return of the Qualifiers to Qatar 2022, left good feelings in the Colombian team in their fight to stay in qualifying positions. However, the most important note was Juan Fernando Quintero who returned from Chinese football to wear the River Plate shirt in another cycle with the millionaire .

The Colombian National Team quickly opened the scoring with Quintero’s goal at the minute 10′ of the match and the idea of ​​Reinaldo Rueda to attack effectively It came out as expected. Despite a good first half, the midfielder had to be replaced due to an injury one minute 43′ of commitment and his place was taken by Yaser Asprilla, one of the new pieces from Colombia and with only 18 years, showed some touches of good football.

Already for the second half, Kervin Arriaga of the Honduran National Team, managed to match the actions after a penalty committed by Yerson Candelo at 43′ minutes of the game.

Minutes later, Andrés Colorado, increased the difference on the scoreboard and they had the opportunity to hold the Catracha offensive that put the Colombian defense in trouble on more than one occasion. On the other hand, Reinaldo Rueda’s rehearsal worked with several players from the local tournament, who aspire to get a place in the next call for matches against Peru

and Argentina, respectively.

Honduras, who have a Hernán Darío Gómez as the new catracho helmsman, hopes to cling to the slightest chance of seeking the playoff position in the octagonal Concacaf, where they will face Canada in San Pedro Sula, three days later they will do their own against El Salvador and will visit the United States, in the triple qualifying round.