Luis Diaz suffered heartbreak within the remaining of Copa America as Colombia misplaced 1-0 to Argentina, with the native media divided on how the Liverpool winger carried out.
A objective from Lautaro Martinez within the second half of additional time noticed Argentina clinch the Copa America trophy so as to add to their 2022 World Cup.
It means Alexis Mac Allister has gained every part doable at worldwide degree, with the midfielder enjoying a key position for his nation all through the match.
Diaz was much more necessary for Colombia, as their talisman on the left flank, however he was unable to encourage victory in Miami on Sunday.
The 27-year-old performed 105 minutes within the remaining, changed by Miguel Borja halfway by way of additional time, however he solely touched the ball 42 occasions.
Based on FotMob, the one gamers to start out the sport and make fewer touches had been Argentina’s Gonzalo Montiel (35) and Julian Alvarez (22) and Colombia striker Jhon Cordoba (20), who all performed fewer minutes than Diaz.
He gained solely two of his 19 duels (11%), with solely one in all his 5 tried dribbles coming off, whereas he created one likelihood and had one shot on objective.
Colombian newspaper El Heraldo gave Diaz a 4 out of 10 ranking, describing it as “his worst sport of the match.”
“He was unable to weigh in on the assault and when he tried he was nicely marked. He had no possibilities to attain,” journalist Isaac Barrios Martinez wrote.
ESPN Colombia didn’t give Diaz a ranking however defined that, although he was “preventing on the left,” he “didn’t handle to have clear objective conditions” and “didn’t determine nicely” in a single promising assault throughout additional time.
Nonetheless, GOAL‘s Thomas Hindle gave Diaz a 6 out of 10, writing: “[He was] electrical within the open subject, and was typically clattered by Argentina defenders.”
El Colombiano gave a glowing evaluation of Colombia’s match as an entire, evaluating the present classic to the group that final gained Copa America in 2001.
Diaz was in comparison with Victor Aristizabal, who got here away because the match’s high scorer 23 years in the past, with journalist John Eric Gomez writing that he “has confirmed to be one of many group’s most deadly forwards.”
“The flexibility to attain objectives at key moments is a similarity that stands out between the 2 generations of footballers,” he added.
There was extra appreciation from El Espectador, with Luis Guillermo Ordonez writing that Colombia “left their souls on the sphere and entered the elite of world soccer.”
Nonetheless, Ordonez admitted that Diaz “performed with extra want than readability” in Sunday’s remaining.
Liverpool will now grant their No. 7 a break of at the very least three weeks, with Diaz not anticipated again till the leadup to their remaining pleasant of pre-season towards Sevilla on August 11.
