[ad_1]
In the year of the pandemic, the Qualifiers and their protagonists resist. Cuadrado, James, Lerma, Lucumí, Arias, Mina, Alzate, Barrios, Davinson, Falcao, Duván, Muriel, Mojica, Murillo, Córdoba and Morelos landed at 7:42 pm. at the Ernesto Cortissoz airport in Barranquilla to start the preparation for the first points heading to Qatar 2022 against Venezuela and Chile.
The meeting point was Lisbon, Portugal. At 5:38 pm (local time) the Avianca charter took off with the 16 players and six members of the technical team of the National Team: Carlos Queiroz, Oceano Cruz, Des McAleenan, Sebastiao Mendes, Joao Pexeiro and Micael Rocha. The national team staff on flight AV273.
Camilo Vargas, Aldair Quintana and Álvaro Montero were waiting for them at the hotel. On your first day of concentration, the goalkeepers did gym work under the orders of Diego Giacchino, one of Queiroz’s trusted men and who is in charge of the physical preparation of the team in his role as fitness coach & control performance.
The Selection in Barranquilla
Stefan Medina and Eder Chaux also joined in on Monday night. The goalkeeper was included in the list after the confirmation that David Ospina and the entire Napoli squad will be isolated for 14 days. With 21 players, Queiroz will start work this Tuesday. During the day, Frank Fabra, Jorman Campuzano and Víctor Cantillo will join, who was called in to replace Matheus Uribe.
The team will be staying at the Dann Carlton hotel (usually for visiting teams) and will do the field work at the new FCF sports headquarters. The coaching staff, which has had no competition for a year, you will only have two training sessions with the whole group before the first date.
Colombia will face Venezuela next Friday (October 9) at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium at 6:30 pm. and on Sunday he will fly to Santiago to play the second match of the date against Chile, which will be hosted by the National Julio Martínez Prádanos.
Low on the list of Venezuela
For its part, La Vinotinto confirmed that Salomón Rondón, José Martínez, Junior Moreno and Arquímedes Figuera will not be able to be with the team with which coach José Peseiro will face the games against Colombia and Paraguay at the start of the Qualifiers. Losses are due to difficulties with the transfer of players by their clubs or logistical issues.
On Tuesday, the delegation that will travel to Colombia will be subjected to PCR tests for Covid 19 (Migration requirement for entry to the country). Venezuela will fly to Barranquilla on Wednesday and in the afternoon they will have their first field training with the whole group. On Thursday he will have his last practice before the game at the Metropolitano.
