National of Colombia: the player fights in and out of the locker room – People – Culture

With rumors of an alleged clash between some figures of the current Colombian national team (they indicate James Rodríguez and Luis Fernando Muriel) after the thunderous defeat of the ‘tricolor’ against Ecuador in the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, opened the ungrateful ‘trunk’ of the memories of the fights that took place in the national team.

This is a compilation of some of the most remembered “differences”.

(Also: echoes of players linked to alleged problems in the national team).

The alleged scuffle after Ecuador’s victory

Sports journalist Javier Hernández Bonnett assured on the radio show ‘Sports Blog’, by ‘Blu Radio’, that James Rodríguez starred in a heated discussion with some teammates after the defeat suffered by Colombia (6-1) in the match against Ecuador.

Hernández also said Muriel would “stagger” the national team ’10’ during the alleged dispute.

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However, in a statement, Rodríguez denied that version and assured that “both in the locker room and personally I maintain excellent and respectful relations with my colleagues in the Colombian national team ”.

Hernández said he has evidence and testimony from members of the Colombian Football Federation and remains firm with his version.

“The testimonials are in chat, I have them in chat. I have no problems, I have no problems. And the Federation knows it’s true“He added.

The “Tino” Asprilla and Óscar Córdoba

In a live broadcast former footballer Faustino Asprilla made on his Instagram account in March of this year, he revealed that, when he was part of the Colombian national team, he had a strong argument with remembered goalkeeper Óscar Córdoba.

“We fought over some nonsense he told me and I answered him, it was more private than public. He has never been to a camp or a concentration, a stupid thing he said to me and I replied nasty, “Asprilla said.

He declared that the fight with Córdoba is the only one he regrets.

“Of the things I regret in my life, this is one: having fought with a great human being like Oscar, he’s a good guy. I don’t regret the other fights with the players, but with Oscar yesAsprilla added, but he did not clarify the date of the situation or provide further details.

(It reads: FCF breaks the silence and pronounces on the situation of the national team).

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The ‘Pibe’ Valderrama and Diego Osorio

Eduardo Pimentel, former player and now sports manager, who participated in the 1991 Copa América, revealed in an interview with ‘Gol Caracol’, in 2019, that in that tournament ‘Pibe’ Valderrama, former captain of the ‘tricolor’, faced in the locker room with Diego Osorio for a play in one of the matches.

“When we entered the locker room there was a very strong fight, but too strong, between “Pibe” and Diego Osorio. Freddy Rincón was also involved that day, because he had a discrepancy with the ‘Pibe’ for some plays that occurred. ”

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Pimentel remembered this Rincón was the one who “got in the middle of separating the situation between Valderrama and Osorio” and noted that, “After that discussion, we pissed Freddy because he was the biggest, the strongest, but he was the one who got the most that day.”

The “Tino” Asprilla, José Luis Chilavert and Víctor Hugo Aristizabal

In the 1998 World Cup qualifying rounds in France, in the middle of the match between Colombia and Paraguay, there was a fight involving members of both teams.

It all started when Chilavert, the Paraguayan goalkeeper and Asprilla fought during a match in Asunción, the country’s capital. As a disciplinary measure, the referee sent them both off.

When the “Guaraní” left the camp, he went over to the Colombian bank and punched “Tino”. This action sparked the anger of the players and Víctor Hugo Aristizabal kicked the goalkeeper.

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The atmosphere became even more tense when the “Pibe” confronted Faryd Mondragón, who stopped him and did not allow him to enter the discussion.

Faustino “Tino” Asprilla and Hernán Darío “Bolillo” Gómez.

At the 1998 World Cup in France, ‘Tino’ was expelled from the team after expressing to the press his dissatisfaction with the decision of the then technical director, ‘Bolillo’ Gómez, to remove him from the match against Romania five minutes before the end of the game. ‘meeting (first date e Colombia lost 1-0).

“I don’t agree with the manager’s decision because in the match against Romania there were players with low performances and they didn’t eliminate them and I did,” he told ‘Caracol Radio’.

In response, the technician told the media that “if your statements are true then go (Il Tino ‘) “. And, later, the country learned the news of the player’s expulsion.

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There were low performing players and they didn’t knock them out and I did

“Nobody gets kicked out here. People go out on their own. Asprilla made some statements he couldn’t make and the regulatory discipline is for something“Said the ‘Bolillo’ after the event.

So much was the commotion that generated this episode, that even Ernesto Samper, then president of Colombia, called the Colombian Football Association to ask for the reinstatement of Asprilla.

But they did not “grant the wish”.

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