The duel between Colombia and Bolivia national team, for the ninth date of the qualifying round World Cup 2026has been heating up in recent days due to a series of statements coming from the Bolivian team.
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Oscar Villegas, Bolivia’s coach was the first to add spice before the game by criticizing coach Néstor Lorenzo’s method of going to the city of Cochabamba to prepare for the game in El Alto, more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
“What the Colombia national team when coming to Cochabamba It must be a little, although they cannot acclimatize to what the altitude is, even if they come to Cochabamba and stay four or five days, it will not do anything to them,” he indicated in an interview in Blu Radio.
Nestor Lorenzo He did not want to get into controversy and responded calmly: “There is no magic recipe. One looks for variants that help appease the effects of altitude. We are doing everything possible for that from the physical, with the medical and physical area. From a tactical point of view, we must play an intelligent game,” said the coach in the aforementioned media.
Colombia has the respect of Bolivia
The press of Bolivia He also began to play in favor of his team, and made a comparison that no one had in their plans. The diary The reason He indicated that Colombia is the ‘bogeyman’ of his team, more than multi-champions like Brazil and Argentina.
“Colombia is the ‘cuckoo’ of Bolivia in La Paz, much more than Brazil and Argentina. There was a triumph, it was 21 years ago. It happened on September 10, when they beat Colombia 4-0 at the Hernando Siles in front of 25,000 spectators,” the cited newspaper indicated.
Bolivians are somewhat cautious with a Colombia National Team who became accustomed to returning from the highlands with at least one point, since he has not lost a qualifying game for 21 years in Bolivia.
The cited newspaper explained that Colombia has ‘a certain paternity’ over the selection of Bolivia. From within the highland cast, they hope to break that streak of more than two decades in which they have not surpassed the national cast at home.
“We know that by playing a good game, being very dedicated, attentive and effective, we are going to achieve victory and, therefore, those statistics are going to be given, which is breaking the undefeated record of a great team that is Colombia,” said the captain. from Bolivia.
“We have security, one could say intact, and we know and are aware that in our house we have to become very strong and ensure our home is respected,” he added.
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