By Arnaldo Fernandez
From the hand of a decisive Luis Diazthe Colombian National Team beat a weakened Brazil at the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla with a score of 2-1. The Liverpool player’s father celebrated his son’s goals through tears after weeks of anguish after being kidnapped.
The Colombians started losing from three minutes the World Cup qualifying match with Brazil but Díaz, with two headed goals at minutes 74 and 78, put Colombia ahead of the Verdeamarela who are still waiting to find their game and who saw how Vinícius was injured and Rodrygo continued at the worst level as It is customary with his selection.
The reaction of Luis Díaz’s father to his son’s goals
Luis Díaz’s father was released last Thursday after being kidnapped for 12 days by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla.could not hold back the tears and He celebrated with overwhelming emotion the annotations of his son Luis DíazLiverpool forward, was in the stadium with the team’s shirt and a rosary hanging.
“Thank God Lucho was doing to (score) the goals”They didn’t want to arrive but I had faith that they would arrive because today there was a reason to score goals and to celebrate and beat Brazil so that it would go down in history,” said Luis Díaz’s father in words for Caracol TV, later after finishing the meeting.
Luis Díaz assured that Colombia obtained a deserved victory against Brazil
For Luis Díaz, Colombia’s victory against Brazil was deserved and highlighted the work of the entire team that achieved an extremely important victory today.
“We have gone through hard times, but life makes you strong and braveI think that’s football and not just football, but life. And I think we deserved this victory, not only me but everyone in general, we have done a great process, with the coach and the players I think it is more than deserved,” said the attacker.
Díaz also thanked his teammates and the coaching staff who accompanied him at every moment and dedicated the victory to the people of Colombia who also deserved it.
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