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Colombia Come Back from 2 Goals Down to Beat France in 2018 Friendly

Published by Bleacher Report on Sat, 24 Mar 2018


Colombia devastated France in front of a home crowd on Friday as they thundered back from two goals down to win their friendly fixture 3-2 at the Stade de France following late penalty drama in Saint-Denis.Juan Quintero's 85th-minute spot-kick finished a three-goal turnaround for the Colombians, who also netted through Luis Muriel and Radamel Falcao after Olivier Giroud and Thomas Lemar put the hosts two goals ahead.France's 2018 FIFA World Cup preparations will hardly benefit from the loss in front of a home crowd, and manager Didier Deschamps will be seeking an instant response when they face Russia in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.The evening started positively enough for France when, after only 11 minutes, Lemar unleashed full-back Lucas Digne down the left, flashing a dangerous enough ball across the face of goal for Giroud to convert a landmark finish:Giroud's 30th goal for Les Bleus put him in the esteemed company of former French forwards like Just Fontaine and Jean-Pierre Papinboth of whom retired on exactly that number of goals.The home nation weren't bombarding Colombia's goalguarded by Arsenal stopper David Ospina, who was somewhat at fault for France's firstbut Deschamps' side looked ever threatening when they did choose to pounce.Lemar got on the finishing end of France's next great chance and converted a team manoeuvre the likes of which any team would be proud of.A lightning counter ended with Antoine Griezmann back-heeling to Kylian Mbappe with a sublime touch from the edge of the box, and his ball found scorer Lemar as football writer Carl Worswick detailed Colombia's demise:Except Muriel lifted their spirits almost instantlywhen his attempted cross from the left missed sliding centre-back Davinson Sanchez and bamboozled France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to bobble straight in at the back post.Colombia cut a more imposing figure in attack after half-time and were making a conscious effort to drive the ball up to their attackers more swiftly than the first period, paying off just after the hour mark.Mateus Uribe beat N'Golo Kante for possession in midfield, sizzling the ball to a speeding James Rodriguez inside the French area, and Falcao would have found it harder to not score from his precise cut-back inside.Sports writer Luke Thomas highlighted the difference in Colombia's response as the gamewore on:France's capitulation could have been worse, too, had Muriel not missed several glaring opportunities to either score or make a goal for the likes of Falcao, but France helped seal their own fate in any case.Samuel Umtiti hacked down Colombian substitute JoseIzquierdo with five minutes of normal time left, and Worswick later told the story of how spot-kick duties were diplomatically decided inside the visitors' camp:Quintero's only other international goal came at the 2014 World Cup against the Ivory Coast, and irrespective of Friday's fixture being a friendly, his strike will have only boosted his chances of making this summer's cut with manager Jose Pekerman.Colombia leave Paris with heads high and hopes even higher for what they might accomplish in Russia later this year, while uncertainty seeps into the French squad following a disappointing night for Deschamps and Co.
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