César Torres after defeat against Argentina: “We failed, we wanted to win a title for Colombia”
Colombia fell 0-1 against Argentina in the semifinals of the Under 20 World Cup in Chile 2025. Now, the national team will play for third place against Francenext Saturday.
After the defeat, Tricolor coach, César Torres, spoke to the media at a press conference, where he evaluated the team’s performance and spoke about the goal of closing the tournament on the podium.
Analysis of the defeat
“This country deserves to win, these guys deserved to win, but it’s not about merit, it’s about competing and doing it. We can’t get ourselves expelled by committing these types of things, I don’t justify the expulsion. We were very close, I think everyone felt it. We have to keep learning, we still lack the level of demand, it has to be high in everyone, on my part and on the part of the players (…) we have defended this shirt to the death and we are going to do it until the end. Saturday”
Deserved triumph for Argentina
“They are not excuses, we looked for the game, we went for them. We have to congratulate them, they won well and we have to chew the pain, swallow it and tomorrow the sun will come out. We have to go and win the last game to finish on the podium”
The objective was not met
“I give football 21 boys who are excellent human beings, respectful, they are people who already have the national team shirt and know what it means to compete to win. Then they leave full of courage and principles (…) we are going to miss each other a lot because they give everything, I have nothing to question them. I do feel that I was lacking. We failed, we wanted to win a title for Colombia, but hey, now we have to try to take third place (…) the national team is going to help them to face life and they are going to face it.”
When does Colombia vs France play for third place?
The match for the tournament podium It will be on Saturday, October 18 at the National Stadium at 2:00 p.m. They will meet France, defeated by Morocco on penalties.
The National Team will now be able to count on forward Neiser Villarrealone of the Cup’s scorers with five goals.
He is also waiting for the recovery of midfielder Jordan Barrera.
