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For James Rodríguez the nightmare is over. Gone is the Real Madrid bench and the left-hander has once again been a figure with his new team, English Everton, and hopes to confirm his good moment with the Colombia team this Friday against Venezuela, the first obstacle on the way to Qatar-2022.
The national teams, who come to this game with sensitive casualties, They will face each other starting at 6:30 pm at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla, without an audience because of the pandemic.
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Against a historically complicated rival, those led by the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz will miss their starting goalkeeper, David Ospina, isolated after a coronavirus outbreak in his team, the Italian Naples.
However, For Colombia, the debut in the tie will mark the return of the two main figures of this generation, James Rodríguez and Radamel Falcao, absent in the friendly matches that the ‘coffee growers’ played at the end of last year against Peru and Ecuador.
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After a campaign for oblivion in the Real Madrid, Rodríguez is living an encouraging moment. The 2014 World Cup scorer was transferred to Everton in England in the summer, where he had a dream start to the season, being the undisputed starter and scoring a double in his last presentation.
Falcao, the Colombians’ historical top scorer, He returns to the national team recovered from an injury that did not allow him to shine last season with Turkish Galatasaray.
But the return of the stars contrasts with the four casualties that the team suffered compared to the initial list of 24 players revealed by Queiroz, in command since February 2019.
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Apart from Ospina, Colombia lost Matheus Uribe and Luis Díaz, from Porto Portugues and habitual in Queiroz’s team, who will not be there because of the pandemic. Left-handed winger Yairo Moreno, injured in his last game with Mexico’s León, completes the list of absentees.
“The solutions are there. We are not here to create problems or concerns (…) my job is to come up with solutions “, Queiroz declared in a virtual press conference.
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Aware of the abnormal moment that football is experiencing on behalf of covid-19, the Portuguese anticipated that he will not “invent” for the game against Venezuela, which he defined as a “very difficult adversary.”
Possible formation of Colombia:
- Goalkeeper: Álvaro Montero
- Defenders: Stefan Medina, Davinson Sánchez, Yerry Mina, Frank Fabra
- Flyers: Wilmar Barrios, Juan Cuadrado, Steven Alzate, James Rodríguez
- Forwards: Duván Zapata, Luis Muriel
- DT: Carlos Queiroz.
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