Luis Díaz gave a Liverpool shirt to a teammate

With the obligation to achieve a victory to preserve the remote possibilities that it still has of qualifying, the Colombian team will host Bolivia this Thursday in Barranquilla in the penultimate day of the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar World Cup.

Compared to the previous Qualifiers, when missing two dates a draw at home was enough to obtain a direct quota to the World Cup in Russia, The Cafeteros will have to cling to the hope that other results with direct rivals will occur on this occasion.

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In addition, those led by Reinaldo Rueda are obliged to break the streak of seven games in the qualifiers without scoring a goal, since the last time they did it was on the ninth date, on September 9, when they beat Chile 3-1 at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium.

mutual gifts

Rueda called the players he considered the best for this double date and one of them is Luis Díaz, who is a figure in Liverpool and has responded to the demands of the Colombian DT.

Díaz, in the concentration of the National Team, met Víctor Cantillo, who plays for the Cotinthians in Brazil, with whom he shared jerseys.

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