The match between Colombia and Bolivia National Team continues to leave fabric to cut, after some statements from the DT Oscar Villegaswho asked that his rival be spied on. The topic would already be leaving football and is becoming delicate.
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Villegasin an interview with Bolivian Soccermaniaattacked several media outlets in his country for revealing more information about the national team, before this Thursday’s duel against Colombia.
Villegas, dissatisfied
“These are details that make us uncomfortable, we said it the previous time that we did not have any (information) about Venezuela. Until the day of the game we found out that they played with 2 forwards and today we have friends from the press who are in the hills, buildings, who are trying to get information about what their team is doing. Selection“he indicated.
The 54-year-old coach suggested journalists focus on ‘spying’ on the team’s training sessions. Colombia National Team and requested information before the match on date 9 of the 2026 World Cup qualifier.
“They don’t even publish it, I don’t know who that information is for, of course it is annoying. But if they are going to do it with Colombia, it will be very welcome, I hope so, that we can have in these days everything that Colombia does. We have a probable one, we will see it over the course of the days,” said Villegas.
In the midst of all the commotion generated by the DT of Bolivia, The highland selection created a bubble so that the team’s preparation is totally private and no information is leaked.
“I want to continue adding (points) and then one of the priorities we have is to try to play well, which we have done, we are doing it. “We want to work absolutely concentrated, there will not be the possibility of speaking with the players, neither before nor after, we are going to focus on what would be a match day,” stated the coach.
The Colombian National Team was spied on
In the last hours, the journalist Cristian Marin made a very sensitive revelation that could lead to sanctions for Bolivia. The communicator affirmed that the Colombian National Team was a victim of espionage, the DT Nestor Lorenzo He confirmed the version at a press conference.
“There is something new. Yesterday (Tuesday), the Colombian National Team’s practice was sabotaged. We are talking about the case of espionage by the technician Oscar Villegas. Colombia’s practice was monitored from a building next to the sports venue,” said the journalist.
“The Colombian team’s security managed to realize what was happening and they managed to identify what kind of people were recording the Colombian team’s practice. The technician Nestor Lorenzo was forced to make some moves, bring out the starting team and make some changes in the lineups to try to play a little offhandedly, but the atmosphere is still very hostile ahead of what will be the duel between Bolivia and Colombia”he added.
Néstor Lorenzo spoke at a press conference about the event: “These are isolated circumstances. We are happy in Cochabamba. There are people who want to win at any cost and who do inappropriate things. Our physical trainer had to come to Bolivia twice because he agreed to something here and they changed all the logistics, which shows from the start that they wanted to complicate us. We think about the game and what is going to happen on the field. “We are not going to stop and complain about the things that were done to us,” said the coach.
It’s unfortunate that they sent you to spy, I don’t know where it came from or who it was, but we identified it
And he added that they have identified the person who spied on them: “It is unfortunate that they sent you to spy, I don’t know where it came from or who it was, but we identified it. We have photos and therefore we report the case where appropriate. One wants train with the discretion it deserves and privacy, what happened was a breach of the privacy of the team. Let’s see how we proceed in these hours.”
If it is proven that Bolivia spied on Colombia, the highland team could face harsh sanctions from Conmebol or Fifa. The most recent case was in the last Olympic Games, when Canada’s coach spied on her New Zealand rivals.
The coach was fired and suspended for a year. The Canadian team was sanctioned with a subtraction of 6 points in the group stage at the Olympics.
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