Colombia and Venezuela meet in Barranquilla in their debut in the Qualifiers: time, TV and formations

In one of the two games that will close the first date of the South American Qualifiers Course to Qatar 2022, the selections of Colombia Y Venezuela they will face in the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla with arbitration by the Ecuadorian Guillermo Guerrero. The game is played at 18:30 local time (20:30 in Argentina) and will be broadcast by Snail television and the Public TV Argentina.

It will be an unprecedented duel of Portuguese strategists because Carlos Quieroz, former assistant to Ferguson and coach of Real Madrid who has led Colombia for a year and a half, will face his compatriot Jose Peseiro, new coach of the Red wine, who just accompanied him as an assistant when he was coach of the white club in the 2003-04 season.

The coffee table will have to deal with three player casualties that were pointed as headlines: the goalkeeper David ospina, disabled by the preventive isolation that the Italian authorities imposed on the Naples players; the extreme Luis Diaz and the interior Mateus uribe, both footballers from Porto who were also unable to travel due to the COVID-19.

Despite this, Queiroz will have a James Rodriguez at its best. After leaving Real Madrid, she has become the everton figure which is currently the only leader of the English Premier League.

For its part, Venezuela arrived on Wednesday at Barranquilla also with several casualties. The main absence will be that of Solomon Rondon, historical scorer of the Red wine to whom his club, the Dalián Pro of the Chinese Super League, did not yield due to the pandemic of COVID-19.

The last time these teams met was in September last year, when they equaled 0-0 in a friendly played in the US But now the context is different because both know that they cannot leave points on the road if they intend to occupy one of the four direct places (or the playoff) to attend the next World Cup event.

Probable formations:

Colombia: Camilo Vargas – Stefan Medina, Davinson Sánchez, Yerry Mina, Johan Mojica – Wilmar Barrios, Jefferson Lerma, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, James Rodríguez – Radamel Falcao García and Luis Fernando Muriel. DT: Carlos Queiroz

Venezuela: Wuilker Faríñez – Alexander González, Jhon Chancellor Mikel Villanueva, Roberto Rosales – Tomás Rincón, Yangel Herrera, Yeferson Soteldo, Rómulo Otero, Darwin Machís – Fernando Aristeguieta. DT: Jose Peseiro

Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (ECU)

Stadium: Metropolitan Roberto Meléndez (Barranquilla)

Time: 23:30 GMT

20:30 Argentina and Uruguay

19:30 Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela

18:30 Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico City

TELEVISION: Caracol TV (Colombia), Public TV (Argentina), Movistar Deportes (Spain), Chilevision and CDF (Chile)