The national team will have the mission of adding three points and ensuring qualification for the quarterfinals.
James Rodríguez in Copa América
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Futbolred Editorial
June 26, 2024, 09:30 p.m. m.
The enthusiasm in the Colombian National Team and the millions of fans is latent. With less than 48 hours until the tricolor returns to action in the Copa América, data is beginning to be revealed that could influence the field, however, in front is Costa Rica, a rival that surprised on the first date and arrives with air in the shirt to score new points.
The team led by Néstor Lorenzo has on its roster important international football figures such as Luis Díaz, Jefferson Lerma, Jhon Arias, among other outstanding players who have established themselves in the market with high values, which allow Colombia to be one of the most expensive squads that the continental tournament has.
Colombia is the fifth most expensive team in the Copa America
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Brazil leads the list of the cost of the teams, followed by Argentina and Uruguay in the second and third boxes respectively.
The tricolor appears in fifth place with a value of 282.9 million euros, which when compared to Costa Rica generates an abysmal difference, because The Ticos are the penultimate highest valued team in the Copa América with a total of 21.93 million euros, according to the specialized portal Transfermarkt.
On the other hand, Luis Díaz is the most valuable player in the national team, with a total of 75 million euros. In addition, If the list of the 10 most expensive soccer players is made taking into account the payrolls of Colombia and Costa Rica, the ranking would be led only by coffee players.
It should be noted that the cost of the guajiro alone practically exceeds the entire value of the team led by coach Gustavo Alfaro by three times.
However, these differences only exist on paper because the story on the ground could be totally different. A clear example is what happened in the debut of the Ticos and Brazil, a team that has a payroll valued at 1,270 million euros and that, even so, did not manage to surpass those from Central America.
The match between Colombia and Costa Rica will kick off this Friday, June 28 at 5:00 pm (Colombia time) and will be broadcast by RCN, Caracol and DSports. In addition, Through FUTBOLRED you will be able to follow all the coverage of the match and everything related to the Copa América 2024.
