Columbia vs. Senegal: close with a flourish

The Colombian team will try to put the finishing touches to group C of the U-20 World Cup this Saturday in the match they will play against Senegal in which they will try to get first place on that table.

Already qualified for the round of 16, Héctor Cárdenas’ team will go for full victories against an opponent they must add to avoid an early retirement.

The Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona, in La Plata, will witness a match at 4 p.m. in which Colombia will surely have the support of many fans again.

After coming back against Israel and Japan in the first two days, the South Americans will try to get the three points this time without too much suffering and the coach could get his hands on the starting eleven for that.

Tomás Ángel – son of the historic goalscorer Juan Pablo Ángel – was able to start after scoring good minutes in the previous game and sealing his team’s victory with a goal.

Those who are worth repeating will be the striker of the English Watford Yaser Asprilla, one of the great figures of his team so far.

Also a key player for next Saturday’s game is goalkeeper Luis Marquínez, whose performance was highlighted days ago by René Higuita himself, champion in 1989 of the first Copa Libertadores for Colombian football and goalkeeper teacher at Atlético Nacional.

According to this, the starting eleven could be with Marquínez; Edier Ocampo, Kevin Mantilla, Fernando Álvarez, Andrés Salazar; Gustavo Puerta, Jhojan Torres, Daniel Luna or Alexis Manyoma; Oscar Cortés, Tomás Angel and Yaser Asprilla.

On the other side, they have the ‘red lantern’ of the group, Senegal, who barely added one point after a 1-1 draw with Israel the previous day and whose only qualifying opportunity is to add three points.

Despite the fact that Samba Diallo has not shown everything that was expected of him so far, it is a fact that the number 10 will start again and will try to guide his team to victory.

Mamour Ndiaye; Amidou Diop, Babacar Ndiaye, Seydou Sano, Souleymane Basse; Mamadou Lamine, Pape Diop; Mame Faye, Diallo, Ibrahima Seck and Souleymane Faye could be the starting eleven on which the coach, Malick Daf, bets.

In this way, Colombia will seek the plenary session, while Senegal will try to win to extend its stay in Argentina.

Source: El heraldo

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