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In addition to the debut scorers in the tie, Lara also managed James Rodríguez and Santiago Arias, both first basemen in the match against Venezuela.
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“It is a group that I know from the 2011 World Cup (U-20). They are excellent players who have shown that they have everything it takes to be hired in elite football,” said Lara.
Under his baton, the youth Colombia team reached the quarterfinals of that U-20 World Cup, which they hosted and crowned Brazil.
Almost a decade later, part of that generation has established itself in one of the main European leagues and hopes to relieve the players who led Colombia to the quarterfinals in Brazil-2014 and the round of 16 in Russia-2018.
Although the start was auspicious, Lara is aware that “this is just beginning until now” and warns that, as a coach, partnerships between players who know each other well are sometimes not enough:
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“It is also important to learn from your opponents to know how you have to accommodate them on the ground,” added the helmsman.
Fortunately for the coffee growers, on the bench is the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, a globetrotter who has already played World Cups with the national team of his country and Iran.
True to his pragmatic style, Queiroz’s pulse has not trembled to challenge some Colombian soccer conventions, such as ditching the classic hook position to move James to the right wing.
In the midst of the anomaly and the tight schedule imposed by the pandemic, Colombia is betting on the continuity of the process started by Lara and the European school of players and coaching staff to get into Qatar-2022.
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