The debut of the Colombian National Team in the 2024 Copa América is approaching and expectations are growing regarding what its participation in this continental competition may be. The Tricolor will begin facing Paraguay, Costa Rica and Brazil respectively, a competitive Group D.
Colombia arrives at the Copa América as one of the strong contenders to win the title, led by Néstor Lorenzo adds twenty games undefeated and tops the competition with eight victories in a row, two of them against Brazil and Paraguay in the South American Qualifiers.
Colombian footballers will have to show what they are made of and now the Copa América is presented to them as the great test to overcome, historically the Tricolor only won one title in this competition and the present has an entire fan base excited.
However, In a hypothetical case that Colombia advances to the round, it does not seem that it will have an easy time if it wants to reach the final and thinks about shouting champion. The two teams that overcome Group D must face the rivals that advance from Group C, a series that is made up of Uruguay, the United States, Bolivia and Panama.
Uruguay is the favorite of Group C and the normal thing is that they would ride their series, in order to avoid the Charrúas in the quarterfinals Colombia would have to advance first in their zone, above Brazil, which is not an easy task and without being surprised by Paraguay and Costa Rica.
If the Colombians are second, they would go directly to play against Uruguay for the quarterfinals, a confrontation that has almost always cost them, in fact, they have just tied when they met in Barranquilla in the Qualifiers. Those led by Marcelo Bielsa are second in the qualifiers, while Colombia is third.
If they advance against Uruguay, Colombia would continue on what could be called a ‘path of death’If this confrontation occurs, it is because Brazil advanced first in the group and would play against the United States, Bolivia or Panama, rivals that potentially put Scratch in a semifinal against Colombia.
A semifinal against the Brazilians would once again be a tough test for the Colombian teamHowever, Lorenzo’s team already knows what it is like to defeat Brazil in the Qualifiers and made it clear that it is not impossible, they even did it coming from behind and overturning the score.
A final would come with everything that represents the weight of what it means to play a defining match for the title, but in addition to that, on the other side of the Copa América table, Everything indicates that Argentina, world champion and current champion of the continent, would be the finalist..
Those of Messi and company have a competitive group with rivals such as Chile and Venezuela, in the quarterfinals and semis they could potentially face teams such as Mexico or Ecuador.
For now, Colombia must focus on starting with everything in the Copa América when it faces Paraguay next Monday, June 24 in Houston, Texas.
