Panama was humbled by Colombia
The renewed Colombian national team gave a soccer clinic to a disoriented Panama, which was devastated 0-4 at home.
Colombia, coached by Jorge Luis Pinto, came from less to more and as of minute 20 of the game. They took control of the midfield after the first goal by Mendoza, who was helped by a terrible error by goalkeeper McFarlane. McFarlane, nevertheless, was one of the best players on the field.
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Meanwhile, the hosts, led by coach Alexandre Guimaraes, bit the dust of the defeat early on. Their lines became disorganized after receiving the first goal, and it got much worse after the second. The goal was scored by Baloyes in an individual play in the 58th minute where he took the goalkeeper and two defenders.
But the “Colombian threat” appeared in the 62nd minute, well-known Rodallega scored, but they disallowed the goal because he was offside, however, a minute later he scored the third for the cafeteros from the edge of the box.
There seemed to be only one team on the field, Colombia, which it sentenced the game in the 68th minute with a jewel of a goal by Anchico. It was a powerful shot more than 40 meters away and placed the ball in center of the goal defended by McFarlane that in spite of “literally flying” could not anything to prevent the overwhelming defeat.
But if it wasn’t for the Panamanian goalkeeper, the score could have been worse, because the team’s lines could not support the speed or the ball handling by the South Americans.
The game, which was followed by practically an equal amount of Colombians and Panamanians alike, had its peculiar moment when in the 43rd minute Mexican referee Armando Archundia ejected from the field the assistant coach Jose “Cheché” Hernandez, who is the ex-coach of Panama, invading the coaches area.
Nicholas Muñoz, who plays in El Salvador, was the best forward for Panama, but the time that was in the land did not receive the passes necessary from Blanco and Phillips.
Guimaraes tried everything, but nothing worked.
0. Panama: Oscar McFarlane; Carlos Rivera, Roman Torres, Joel Solanilla (R.Anderson m.64), Luis Henríquez (L.Gallardo m.59), Alberto Blanco (R.Escobar m.73), Juan Perez, Ricardo Phillips, Amilcar Henríquez (E.Aguilar m.87), Víctor Herrera (J.Solís m.59), and Nicolás Muñoz (R.Arosemena m.59).
Coach Alexandre Guimaraes.
4. Colombia: Agustín Julio (Landázuri m.87); Gerardo Vallejos, Humberto Mendoza, Alexis Henríquez, Javier Arizala, Jonathan Estrada, Jaime Castrillón (C.Zúñiga m.68), Danilson Cordoba (J.Anchico m.58), Carlos Alberto Sánchez (F.Montero m.77), César Baloyes (J.Rosero m.77), and Hugo Rodallega.
Coach Jorge Luis Pinto.
Goals: 0-1. m.20: Mendoza; 0-2. m.58: Baloyes; 0-3. m.63: Rodallega; 0-4. m.68: Anchico.
Referee: Armando Archundia (MEX), booked Rodallega (m.11) for diving in the area, and to Perez (m.50) for striking Rodallega
Incidents: The friendly was played in the Nacional Stadium Rommel Fernandez of the Panamanian capital with an attendance of 4,000 people.
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