2023-09-06 01:52:28
The Colombian team will receive its counterpart from Venezuela this Thursday, September 7, on date 01 of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla will be the scene of this great game, where those led by Néstor Lorenzo will try to achieve their first win. Let’s remember that the ‘coffee growers’ did not attend the 2022 World Cup, so it must be claimed in this new process.
What time do Colombia vs. Venezuela?
In Mexico – 5:00 pmIn Colombia, Peru and Ecuador – 6:00 pmIn Venezuela, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile – 7:00 pmIn Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay – 8:00 pm
The coach of the Colombian team, Néstor Lorenzo, will once again trust the depressed James Rodríguez to start the South American qualifier for the 2026 World Cup, according to the call revealed this Thursday.
Despite the fact that he was without a team between April and July and then had a discreet start at Sao Paulo in Brazil, the 32-year-old ’10’ leads, together with Luis Díaz (Liverpool), the list of coffee growers to face Venezuela in Barranquilla (north) on September 7 and Chile in Santiago, on September 12.
Lorenzo has blind faith in the goalscorer of the World Cup in Brazil-2014 just like his mentor, the also Argentine José Pekerman. James was crucial for Colombia to go to that World Cup and to the one in 2018, in Russia.
Pekerman’s replacement, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, gradually removed him from the national team as his performance in Europe with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich waned.
Then Reinaldo Rueda barely gave him a few minutes in the qualifying round for the Qatar-2022 World Cup, to which Colombia did not qualify.
The 26 summoned also include old acquaintances such as the winger Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, who signed for this season with Inter Milan, and Juan Fernando Quintero, recently acquired by Racing Argentina.
Luis Díaz from Liverpool, John Jader Durán from Aston Villa and Luis Sinisterra from Leeds United are the young faces of a team that Lorenzo has been shaping since his arrival on the bench, in June 2022.
Substitute at Rayo Vallecano, the historical scorer Radamel Falcao García was not taken into account, just like the goalkeeper David Ospina, injured at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
The DT will have his debut in official matches against the Venezuelans, led by his compatriot Fernando “Bocha” Batista. In friendly games they are undefeated with six victories, one of them against Germany, and two draws.
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