RADAMEL FALCAO GAVE a timely reminder to Louis van Gaal as he bagged a brace in Colombia’s 6-0 demolition of Bahrain.
The striker has struggled to impress his Manchester United manager in recent weeks amid concerns over his fitness, but he showed no signs of rustiness with an impressive display in Riffa.
Having previously not found the back of the net since late January, Falcao was among the goals before the break with two composed finishes – albeit against slack defending – while he also created the opener for Carlos Bacca.
Substitute Adrian Ramos added a fourth for Colombia after 59 minutes, while Johan Mojica and Andres Renteria completed the rout in the closing minutes after Falcao had been replaced.
Falcao’s night had been productive enough as Colombia began their Copa America preparations in perfect style.
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And yet we will continue to allow our GAA games to continue…zero sense
@jay bernard: much more interest in the GAA buddy
What reason cant this not go ahead and the GAA can? Some of these women are probably even professional
@Al Byrne: The women’s game is essentially amateur in Europe other than the English & French extended squads.
Inter county GAA is seen as elite sport so can go ahead same as PRO14, SSE Airtricty League, 6N etc. All are being played behind closed doors.
At least sports fans will have something to watch during lockdown.
@TL55: Just to counter that inter-county GAA Players = elite-sportsman = they’re grabd to carry on… Here’s what Louth’s Bevan Duffy thinks about ploughing ahead:
“I don’t understand, with the case numbers going up, the way things are all around the country, how GAA inter-county footballers are all of a sudden immune to this.
We’ve teachers in that dressing room. We’ve lads living at home, a lot of lads living at home with their elderly parents.It doesn’t really make that much sense.
The protocols need to be better, without a doubt. There hasn’t been any testing at all, which I can’t get my head around.”
That last sentence is pretty shocking. And yet it’s fine for these guys to mix in the community and travel the country because we can’t find another way to entertain ourselves?
@Fergal O’ Reilly: GAA players are a lot closer to elite athletes than that Irish women’s rugby team. There is only about 2 or 3 strong clubs in the country. There is only a handful playing women’s rugby, inter county ladies gaelic is way more competitive and as a result players are a much higher standard as seen by the ease that many of them have transition and gone straight to the top of aussie rules and rugby codes.
Gaelic players may not be professional but that doesn’t mean they are not elite.
With regards to Bevan Duffy, this is down to personal responsibility, the GAA aren’t forcing him to do anything. If your are not glad of the opportunity to play, sit out for a year or however long it takes. There is certainly no gun to his head to play.