The match between Colombia and Bolivia has generated a lot of commotion due to the “practices” that the selection of the plateau and its DT Oscar Villegas for a possible case of espionage against his rival in the tie.
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Cristian Marin, journalist who is with the Selectionrevealed this Wednesday that the training of Colombia He was close to stopping in the face of a possible case of espionage by a person who was recording the practice from a building next to the concentration.
Espionage complaint
“There is something new. Yesterday (Tuesday), in the practice of the Colombian Selectiona was sabotaged. We are talking about the case of espionage by technician Óscar Villegas. Colombia’s practice was monitored from a building next to the sports venue,” the journalist explained.
And he added: “The security of the Colombian team 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 “He 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.” .
The coach of Colombia, Nestor Lorenzo, He confirmed what the communicator said and referred at a press conference to the issue that is generating a lot of commotion with just over 24 hours until the ball rolls in El Alto.
“They are isolated circumstances. There are people who want to win at any cost and who do inappropriate things. 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 they have done to us,” the national coach began by saying.
Lorenzo He was clear in saying that they have evidence that a person was spying on the training and stated that they are studying taking action if necessary.
“It’s unfortunate that they send you to spy, I don’t know where it came from or who it was, but we identified it. We have photos and we report the case where appropriate. You want to train with the discretion you deserve and the privacy, it was “What happened is a breach of the privacy of the team. Let’s see how we proceed in these hours,” said the coach.
According to the journalist’s complaint, since the selection of Bolivia They would have sent Colombia to spy and the complaint is very much in line with what DT Óscar Villegas said, who suggested that they pass on information about his rival.
Colombia would take measures
“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 does Colombia. We have a probable one, we will see it over the course of the days,” said the Bolivian.
The Colombia National Team, As Lorenzo said, he could raise his voice before the governing bodies and would not rule out a formal complaint for espionage, a very delicate issue in professional football.
Fifathe world football regulator, could take action and, if it was found that Bolivia was spying on Colombia, it would apply a series of harsh sanctions.
Canada case is an example
The most recent and notorious case occurred in the past Paris 2024 Olympic Games, when Fifa verified that the coach of Canada, Bev Priestman had sent drones to spy on his rival’s training New Zealand.
Fifa suspended the coach who fell into these practices for a year, and the Canadian federation fired her before the tournaments began. In addition, the governing body of world football sanctioned the Canadians and took away 6 points for espionage.
Canada went before the Sports Arbitration Court which days later ruled and ratified the sanction that Fifa applied in the first instance.
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