“This is a first step”: Yaser Asprilla

He was happy, but measured. Yaser Asprilla celebrated without excess or fuss the Colombian team’s qualification to the second round of the Youth World Cup after a 2-1 victory over Japan in a difficult game, at the Único Diego Armando Maradona stadium in La Plata, Argentina.

“We knew he was a tough opponent. We study it a lot. Something happened on the pitch and we got these three important points for the standings,” said the Watford midfielder from England in dialogue with the official broadcast of the ecumenical tournament .

Asprilla, who was one of the most unbalanced players of the national team and scored one of the goals in the victory against the Nipponese, was calm and assured that the pass to the round of 16 is only “a first step”.

“It is a joy for me (to score his first goal in a World Cup). We are very happy about that, we owe that to God. Many greetings to my mother. This is just a first step,” said the ex-Envigado.

“We have to keep working hard so that things keep happening to us. This is a first step,’ he emphasized.

Colombia qualified for the round of 16 of the Argentina 2023 World Cup by taking its second consecutive win. They had already defeated Israel 2-1 on their debut.

The Israelis drew 1-1 against Senegal on Wednesday in the other game of group C, which is led by ‘la Amarilla’.

Source: El heraldo

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