Bolivia defeats Colombia with a wonderful goal from Santos in the qualifiers

The match was held at El Alto Municipal Stadium. The venue is located at 4,150 meters above sea level – higher even than the city of La Paz, where the team usually plays its matches – and belongs to Always Ready.

The confrontation included some Brazilians.. In addition to Bolivian Miguelito (Santos), Colombians John Arias (Fluminense), Santiago Arias (Bahia), and Richard Rios (Palmereis) participated in the match. The referee of the match was Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

The result moved Bolivia ahead in the qualifying table. The Bolivians raised their score to 12 points to occupy sixth place. Colombia follows with 16 points, in second place.

How was the match?

The Bolivian pressure expected due to the match at altitude started as expected, but it went unheeded. This is because after several chances, Bolivia had one player left after only 21 minutes. After trying to end the host team’s attack, the ball was presented to Martinez, who came from Colombia, and he started on a free court. He was brought down by Cuellar, who was immediately sent off by Brazilian referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

Colombia controlled the match, but stopped at the post in an incredible way. Cordoba came close to opening the scoring in the first half, but without a goalkeeper, he completed a low cross against the post.