Colombia does not have an option other than to win the two remaining games and wait for the results of Uruguay, Peru and Chile to see if it is enough to reach the Qatar 2022 World Cupeither to the direct quota or to the playoff.
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Colombia’s options are increasingly complicated, as the goal drought has thrown the campaign overboard on the road to the World Cup: there are already 646 minutes without scoring.
The coach Reinaldo Rueda is looking for solutions for the attack and thus be able to defeat Bolivia, his rival this Thursday, starting at 6:30 in the afternoon, at the Roberto Meléndez stadium in Barranquilla.
Although Rueda has been faithful to the same tactical drawing in most of the games he has played in his third spell as head of the National Team, this time the coach would be thinking of changing module.
From the 4-2-3-1 that he has traditionally had, Rueda would be thinking of risking it all and taking risks, according to journalist Julián Capera, from ESPN.
The coach, according to Capera, worked a 4-1-4-1 formation, in which, finally, James Rodríguez and Juan Fernando Quintero would play together again after three and a half years.
Rueda stopped David Ospina in goal, a line of four defenders with all those summoned from Genk from Belgium (Daniel Muñoz, Carlos Cuesta and Jhon Lucumí), plus Johan Mojica as a left side.
In the half, Wílmar Barrios would be the only recovery midfielder. Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Luis Díaz would play as wingers, James Rodríguez and Juan Fernando Quintero would be in the center and the point man would be Luis Fernando Muriel.
However, Rueda usually gives surprises in the lineup and only at 5:30 in the afternoon this Thursday, when the official announcement is made, will it be known what the formula with which Colombia will play its last card will be.
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