The Colombia selection gets ready for what will be the match on date two of the Copa America 2024 before Costa Rica. The group led by Nestor Lorenzo He knows that he has the obligation to win to qualify for the quarterfinals. However, in the run-up to the duel against the Ticos it was revealed that there would already be a change in the starter.
Everything indicates that one of the players who was the first baseman in the duel against Paraguay would not be part of the starting eleven against the team. Gustavo Alfaro. The tricolor team finished the duel against the Guaraní squad with several players physically affected and one of them would not be in the second duel.
According to information from within the national team, the player who would be a change to the main roster does not have a serious injury, but would remain on the substitute bench in order to give him recovery time. The coach’s idea is not to force the situation so as not to lose any players for the remainder of the tournament.
From the tricolor it has been revealed that the footballer who would not take the game for the second date would be Jhon Lucumi. The Bologna defender had to be substituted in the first half and after verifying that his injury is not serious, they would try to give him time to recover in order to have him in the key match against Brazil.
The defender who plays in Italian football has set off alarms in his club and therefore, the team that owns his rights has lost the national team trying to handle the injury with caution. For this reason, they would also try to wait for the footballer until the last day.
Colombia would start with Yerry Mina as a starter in the match for the last date of Group A. The Cauca defender would be the natural replacement in the last line of the national team, waiting for the coach’s decision to see if his companion would be Davinson Sanchez or it would include Carlos Cuesta.
For now, Colombia is working thinking about what will be its match for the second day of the Copa América. The coffee team has already recovered footballers like James Rodríguez and Richard Ríos, who had an important effort in the initial match.
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