The Colombian National Team, Paraguay’s first opponents at the 2024 Copa América in the United States, defeated Bolivia this Saturday in their last friendly before facing Albirroja. However, he had a great fear because he almost lost his greatest character, Luis Díaz.

Liverpool’s English star was a fantastic character, scoring one of the goals and also providing an assist. He jumped over the entire Bolivian defense and that made him the victim of a criminal kick in the second half, which almost eliminated him from the oldest national team tournament on the planet.

In the 66th minute, when the match was completely settled, Luis Díaz accelerated and held the ball, but Bolivian full-back Héctor Cuellar rushed out and made a terrible tackle on the Liverpool star, who ended up on the floor with traces of pain.

The offender was given virtually no warning and a fierce brawl broke out between players from both teams which resulted in Colombia’s Daniel Muñoz and César Menacho receiving red cards for Bolivia.

After the harsh free kick, Néstor Lorenzo withdrew Díaz from the field and ended the match, saving his energy for the continental tournament.

The friendly took place at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, a stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut, where the team is practically local due to the number of fans it brings.