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The complications of the covid-19 coronavirus are not exclusive to Colombia, but they have hit it with special intensity in these days prior to the start of the qualifying rounds for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Three players were excluded from the first call by coach Carlos Queiroz for suspicion of the virus, which is strictly controlled in all teams. To complete, the misfortune of the injury erased one more name and forced an emergency call.
Thus, there are at least four new names among those who since Monday night have been meeting in Barranquilla, headquarters of the game against Venezuela, this October 9. Who are they? Why did you win the call even for a contingency? What can they contribute? We review the news:
Eder Chaux by David Ospina
Almost nothing! The Colombian starting goalkeeper was affected by the positives of two of his teammates in Napoli and could not travel to Colombia for the start of the qualifiers. A very complex change, taking into account that he has been in the qualifying phase for 36 games as the fixed man and that none of those called up, who this time were four goalkeepers, have had experience in this instance.
And his replacement, according to the statement of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) is Eder Chaux, who arrives with 12 games in the season with América de Cali, although by the way, the last ones have ended up costing him the position with the Venezuelan Graterol. Chaux started as a first baseman in the League and played both Super Cup matches (defeat against Junior) and three in the Copa Libertadores. The last one, against Inter from Brazil, who lost around the hour 4-3, was an unfortunate game for him.
The foreseeable thing is that, in Barranquilla, this Friday, the holder will be the most experienced on the list, Camilo Vargas, who has two World Cups on top. Even Álvaro Montero, owner of the DT’s confidence, could surprise. Chaux has few options and, as FUTBOLRED experts explained; It would come because he has a process with Queiroz and for a reason of training methodology. At 28, he is not as promising as Montero or Quintana.
Víctor Cantillo by Matheus
The mandatory quarantine of Matheus Uribe in Portugal, due to the positive of covid-19 of a person with whom he had contact, removed him from the call for the Colombian Selection. A shame for him, because he came in a good time with Porto and wanting revenge.
But that bad news opened the doors to Victor Cantillo, the man from Corinthians, champion with the inspired Junior from Comesaña and who has perhaps the best record of games in this entire eventful season: 24 games played, counting two from Copa Libertadores’ post-confinement ‘.
At the age of 26, Cantillo has a memory of the National Team, a detail highly valued by the coach, and he is also a player with recovery, as an aid to Barrios, but also with a start and even a mid-distance shot.
Jhon Córdoba by Luis Díaz
Bad fortune also removed from the list a player who is the “weakness” of coach Queiroz: Luis Díaz. The man from Porto, like Uribe, had contact with a person who tested positive for covid-19 and was left out due to the isolation order.
Thanks to this, a player has been requested by many: Jhon Córdoba, a new Hertha player, who this Bundesliga season has already played 3 games and has scored two goals, the last one against Bayern Munich.
Córdoba, 27 years old, 1.88 tall and with a right-handed profile, is an alternative in attack although it is a pure 9, a demarcation that is already covered with Duván Zapata, Alfredo Morelos and Falcao. The good thing is that he has waited patiently for the call, that he will know how to improvise as an extreme, if they ask him to, leave the area, take care of James’s back … when they touch him he dances. Will the essay be successful? That is another discussion.
Santiago Arias by Yairo Moreno
It was not the pandemic but an untimely injury, just the night his call to the Colombian National Team was announced, which removed Yairo Moreno from the list, another player of the total taste of the Portuguese DT.
And a regular arrived, a name that surprisingly was not last Friday among the 24, but that has 3 America Cups and two World Cups for seniors: Santiago Arias. The right-back has barely played a game with his new team, Bayer Leverkusen (1-1 against Stuttgart) and is just landing in a new league, with another language and with a lot to learn.
Arias was not here now, although he was before, due to a continuity issue: in all of last season he only played 16 games, most of them for a short time, because at Atlético de Madrid it was plan C and that, according to his interpretation, was playing him against also to reach the Selection. Everything was added to decide the change to the Bundesliga, where he hopes to regain the prominence that made him immovable in Russia 2018.
