The Colombia selection plays its last friendly match this Saturday before facing the Copa America 2024, Bolivia will be the final test to adjust some tactical details and to strengthen concepts.
The national team, which is located in USA For more than a week, it has been one of the big favorites to fight for the Copa América title: it arrives undefeated in 22 games without losing, 19 in the era Nestor Lorenzo and playing football that fills the eye.
Miguel Borja and Néstor Lorenzo.
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The record is close
Colombia He is just five games away from equaling his unbeaten record. In the 90s, during the technical direction of the DT Francisco Maturana, The National Team reached 27 undefeated games between July 1992 and April 1994.
However, the match against the Bolivians is something to take into account, since Colombia does not have good memories facing the election of the Plateau and with a long undefeated record. Bolivia was the one who beat the previous mark.
A goal of Mario Pinedo, In the friendly duel played in Villavicencio (Meta) it was enough to end the undefeated 27 games of the Colombian National Team, which later did not have a good World Cup in the United States in 1994.
Argentina won the last edition of the Copa América.
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To achieve undefeated, Colombia They need not to lose this friendly against Bolivia, avoid defeats against Brazil, Costa Rica and Paraguay in group D of the Copa América and not fall in the 90 minutes of a possible quarterfinal. In a hypothetical qualification for the semi-finals they could surpass this mark, but complying with the above and not losing in the 90 minutes.
Friendly vibrant
For the duel in the stadium Rentschler Field in East Hartford, ConnecticutSebastián Gómez and Yérson Mosquera, who are the two players ruled out by Néstor Lorenzo for the Copa América, will no longer be available.
The question for the match is to know if the Argentine coach is going to go out on the field with a starting roster or if he is going to experiment with some players who do not have as much experience in the game. Colombia selection.
Richard Rios
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Colombia’s friendly against Bolivia will be broadcast today from 4 pm, Colombian time, through the live broadcast of Caracol and RCN.
In addition, you can follow the minute by minute, the match report and all subsequent statements on the EL TIEMPO website.
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