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It is not an easy time for any coach in the world. The covid-19 pandemic opens and closes borders and removes players from circulation. And the time that football has lasted has made injuries more frequent than before.
With this scenario, Carlos Queiroz, coach of the Colombian national team, decided to wait until the last minute to advertise his list of summoned face up to Uruguay, already this Friday Ecuador, next November 17, in a draw for the Qatar World Cup 2022. From the moment the Colombian Football Association gave the date of the announcement until the release of the list, Queiroz dropped several pieces.
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From back to front: the national team has recovered the goalkeeper, David ospina, which looks good with him Naples and that in the early days he could not travel because he was isolated. With Camilo Vargas there was a scare: he tested positive for covid-19 and on Saturday he didn’t play with Atlas, but then they did a new test, which was negative. Is coming.
David Ospina, Colombian goalkeeper.
This time Queiroz only called three goalkeepers. The third is Álvaro Montero. The other two options don’t work well: Aldair Quintana He does not perform at the Nacional and Éder Chaux was seated by Joel Graterol in America.
Queiroz’s big headache was the role of right-back, where it doesn’t count, through injury or with Santiago Arias nor with Stefan Medina. There are two new faces: Luis Orejuela, del Gremio, who already has four matches with the national team at this time, and Daniel Muñoz, who had been watching for some time but hadn’t managed to get there. The rest of the defense is the same as in the last call-ups, with William Tesillo returning, apparently as a wild card, playing both central and left-back.
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The first big surprise
In front of them is the great surprise of the call. To support Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Wílmar Barrios, regular men, Queiroz still used Edwin cardona, returned to Boca Juniors after not having had much continuity in Mexico. The one sacrificed this time was Steven Alzate. Another from Boca who is also on the list is Jorman Campuzano.
The controversial action under discussion in Italy.
It should be remembered that Cardona was in Copa América in Brazil with the Portuguese and also started in that match against Paraguay in which the TD decided to put an alternative payroll. That day he played left in the line of three midfielders he usually builds Queiroz, therefore, on paper, he manages to fight position with Mateus Uribe, who also returns, after being isolated a month ago due to the coronavirus, and with Jefferson Lerma, which ended up being one of the figures of the first two dates of the tie.
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But Cardona also gives him another chance: although he is not very fast, he could also act as winger on the left, in the position where he starts. Luis Fernando Muriel and in which it also has Luis Diaz. Of the three, the one with the most sacrifice is Cardona, so in a possible approach to playing as a visitor he can give a great hand. He has already done so, and a lot, in the last draw, in Bolivia and Paraguay.
The other offensive positions seem to be sung for James Rodríguez, who does not arrive in form as in the first two days of the competition, but who will always be important in the national team, and Duvan Zapata, which has no discussions, and less now Falcao garcia fell from the call due to muscle overload.
James Rodríguez arrives in an excellent moment for the start of the draw with the Colombian national team.
A name that many have been playing in recent days has been that of Rafael Santos Borré, the forward of River Plate, who has already played two friendlies with Queiroz, immediately after the America’s Cup, against Brazil and Venezuela (one as a starter and another as a substitute). And when it looked like it was ready to arrive, they tested it for covid-19 yesterday and it tested positive. This brings him back to the waiting list, already for March 2021.
This opened the door to the other big surprise on the list: Luis Javier Suárez, born in Santa Marta, 22 years old and already with a goal this season in the Europa League with Granada. In Colombia he managed to play with the Lions in Serie B in 2015 before being transferred to Europe, where he played Granada B, Valladolid B and Gimnastic de Tarragona. This year he was finally able to reach the first division, having scored 19 goals with Real Zaragoza in second place. On paper Suarez would be the first alternative behind Zapata, ever since Alfredo Morelos, also summoned, Queiroz He put him to play as a winger when he got him into matches against Venezuela and Chile.
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With the exception of Montero, there are no players from the local league among the 24 called up. Without much time to work, Queiroz reproduces it for what he knows.
Jose Orlando Ascencio
Deputy sports director
On Twitter: @josasc
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