The amount of several new faces in each call up is probably already taking its toll. We're loaded in central midfield and in defense. The only other guys to call in would be attackers. Falcao, Izquierdo, and Quintero are injured. Pardo, Berrio, Castillo, and Copete have all been tested, and none of them were particularly convincing. Who's left? Chara? Teo? Roa? Crzd criticizes and offer NO solutions or thoughts.
Yes but this time it'll also hurt Ecuador and they are also the favorites. They play technically more than physically so rain will be awful for them while we will settle with a draw.
I would play with Ospina ; Arias, Mina, Zapata, Armero ; Sanchez, Aguilar ; Cuadrado, James, Cardona ; Duvan
I hate it too. But at least the team has been practicing in rain at altitude the last few days in Bogota. Maybe that will help acclimate?
http://www.winsports.co/futbol-inte...i-tiene-un-buen-funcionamiento-quinonez-70536 Sounds like Ecuador is going to do something similar to what we did against Bolivia. If we bunker up, they'll wait it out and strike at the right time. If we go there and attack, they'll exploit any spaces left open. Sounds pretty straight forward to me. I think a line up like the one Pibe10 put up would be great because it has balance. Thats something we haven't had for a long time. Lately we either field a defensive line up or an attacking line up; nothing in between. We'll probably bunker up and hit them on the counter. I'm positive we're gonna see 2-3 defensive mids. Unless he wants to copy Conte and go with a 3-4-3 . Zapata, Mina, Murrillo back 3, Armero, sanchez, aguilar, arias in the middle 4, James, Duvan and Cuadrado up top. James could play on the left, or drop back in behind duvan/cuadrado in a triangle of sorts.
If Cardona starts (or plays in general), would it make more sense to play him in a central role and james on the left? I love it when james/cuadrado switch sides throughout the game. Creates more opportunity to wear down the defense. We are going to have a totally different type of game on Tuesday where our defenders will actually need to defend and Ospina may need to save a shot or two I like all the detailed analysis regarding Pekerman. I totally get it that he has been dealt with a tougher hand and probably nobody else could have handled it better. I do go back and forth with on his coaching status. I just hope 1. If Bacca starts, he makes his presence felt. He's been MIA far too long 2. Whoever is in the deep midfield, really focus on short, quick, calculated passes and 3. No long balls unless it's to cuadrado so he can skin a defender or two 4. Keep the cheeky chip passes to a minimum. 5. Everyone to concentrate on creating space and passing the ball to where the player needs to be...not where he is. Looking forward to Tuesday!
definitely THE game. Looking at Ecuador's schedule vs ours Armero would worry me a bit. He had a good 1st showing but I just don't see him tracking back. He's better than Fabra but defensively Diaz is a bit more disciplined. And we're not going to be playing back and forth in the altitude. They use the flanks to exploit their rivals and I fear Armero would just leave that door wide open on his side, which just happens to be their strongest asset with Valencia. Cardona has a wicked shot but I don't expect him to also have more than 60 minutes of any box to box play. If possession and power is key, he's the right guy though.
I dont get 2 million to coach a team and follow our players. He can have friendlies he choses not to. Osorio offered to play us on a non fifa day and we said no. Also the mexico v Costa Rica game. Osorio was missing 5 of his main option at winner and he still found players. You people are still making the Falcao and Abel excuse 4+ years later. For all of you saying we are using new guys our starting 11 Ospina - 2007 Armero - 2008 Zapata - 2008 Mina - fine 2016 Cuadrado - 2010 Sanchez - 2007 Macnelly - 2007 James - 2011 Uribe - 2017 Bacca - 2010 Muriel - 2012 So other then 2 guys the rest of the these dudes have been of the team for 5+ years.... so WTF are you people talking about.... rotation and boo hoo Falcao .... falcao falcao..... we havent had him since Jan 2014...... that guy who couldnt run, dribble or do much of anything wasn't Falcao.... Sanchez offers next to nothing attacking in yellow. I have seen him for club plays much better but its been 10 years stop calling him. Macnelly is a pecho Frio..... I don't even think he is as good as la princessa Gio Hernandez. Most over rated colombian player all of time. 10 years of shitting his pants when we need him stop calling him !!! As for the colombia league barely watch it. But Santa fe v Tolima was the final... where are the players from those teams getting a shot. DIM v Junior was the other 2016 final... where are they getting shots? He doesn't seem to follow the league and before people shit on the league. Colombia won the last 2 Sudamericanas and the last Copa Lib. That seems like he should give league dudes a bit more love
If we ever get back two functioning wing backs to aid in attack, there is also a worth while question of pushing James further up almost as a second striker as we did in wc2014. He's played deeper into midfield ever since...but with c4 nearing form, aguilar and armero back... We scored a ton off of james playing closer to the box in brasil...
Unfortunately things have changed for the worse since 2014. This was the Monaco version of James who was runner up to Zlaton for MVP for Ligue 1, not James the bench warmer for Real Madrid.
Crazy - you lost the right to ask anyone wtf they are talking about like 8 years of nonsense ago. Save it. You are talking past the point in the post above. Its less about managing in new players than managing through the absence of or huge drops in form of key assets (injury/retirement - yepes, zuniga, aguilar, valencia / off form - minia, c4, falcao, teo) - ain't easy. And we are in qualifying position.
846140077243875328 is not a valid tweet id According to this Antonio Valencia will play in an advanced attacking role rather than rb as he has been accustomed to at United since they rate Paredes over him at rb. Our defense is gonna have to be on point. They're gonna have an abundance of speed in attack as expected.
I mentioned in another thread that the last time we played Ecuador in Quito he had 3 CBs out there (Aquivaldo, Yepes and Perea) So it might be an option he considering this time around too.
We need to put shots on target cause their keeper is so insecure. Add in the rain and things could get really slopply out there. SO maybe starting Cardona would be best for this type of match. He seems to make Keepers bobble the ball from long distance more than any other player on the team.
Looks like this was the last lineup that practiced in Bogota Ospina Arias MIna Zapata Diaz Abel, Sanchez, Daniel Torres Cuadrado, James Borja
People keep saying it's a different team and ton of new guys and rotation. I just showed almost the whole team is pre2012 Only 2 dudes from last year. Yet you guys all keep making the new guys don't know the system when everyone in the starting line up except 2 have been on the NT for 5-10 years.
you are partially correct but missing out on the bigger picture. we have gone through 40+ players already in this WCQ campain vs 28 in 2014 WCQ's per the beIN commentary last game. i broke down by position (starters only) who started in each position throughout the qualifiers: i don't want to get into the subs used but that will likely add more new faces to the list.. GK Games 1-13: Ospina - no issues with Ospina (although worried about quality of backups) CB: Each game has featured primarily Zapata, Mina, or one of the Murrillo Brothers. if WC was today - Zapata, O/J Murrillo and Yerry would be my go to guys - i would not mind if a combo of either 2 of those started. Davinson has tons of future upside; no issues with CBs 1 Cristian Zapata; Jeison Murillo 2 Cristian Zapata; Jeison Murillo 3 Cristian Zapata; Jeison Murillo 4 Cristian Zapata; Jeison Murillo 5 Jeison Murillo; Oscar Murillo 6 Cristian Zapata; Oscar Murillo 7 Jeison Murillo; Oscar Murillo 8 Jeison Murillo; Oscar Murillo 9 Yerry; Oscar Murillo 10 Yerry; Oscar Murillo 11 Yerry; Oscar Murillo 12 Davinson; Jeison Murillo 13 Yerry; Cristian Zapata RB/LB: Arias has been our steady guy on the RB and LB has been the Diaz and Fabra show; is Armero going to be permanent? Hard to tell for now. The situation here is definitely not as strong as Zuniga/Armero for 2014 WCQs but i think it's critical to have a LB that can help originate ball posession (think of these top LBs: Joan Capdevilla, Roberto Carlos, Marcelo, 2014 WCQ Armero, Howdes/Lahm) 1 Arias; Fabra 2 Arias; Fabra 3 Arias; Fabra 4 Heliburton; Fabra 5 Medina; Diaz 6 Arias; Diaz 7 Medina; Diaz 8 Arias; Diaz 9 Arias; Diaz 10 Arias; Diaz 11 Arias; Diaz 12 Arias; Balanta 13 Cuadrado; Armero DM: Here's where a big part of the problem lies. Carlos Sanchez has basically been the most consistent player to feature here. His DM partner has been a rotating door between 7 other players (Guarin, Mejia, Celis, Perez, D. Torres, Abel and Barrios); no consistency and club fitness/form makes things worse to establish any rhythm with the ball 1 Guarin; Carlos Sanchez 2 Guarin; Carlos Sanchez 3 Alex Mejia; Carlos Sanchez; Dani Torres 4 Alex Mejia; Dani Torres 5 Celis; Seb Perez; Dani Torres 6 Seb Perez; Dani Torres 7 Dani Torres; Carlos Sanchez 8 Barrios; Carlos Sanchez 9 Abel; Carlos Sanchez; Barrios 10 Abel; Carlos Sanchez 11 Abel; Carlos Sanchez 12 Barrios; Dani Torres; Carlos Sanchez 13 Carlos Sanchez; Mateus Uribe AM: Another key problem. Every game has been a different combination of attacking mids with James, Cuardrado, Muriel, Cardona and Macnelly all starting at various times. 1 Cardona; Cuadrado 2 Cardona; Cuadrado 3 James; Muriel 4 James; Macnelly 5 James; Cuadrado 6 James; Cuadrado; Cardona 7 James; Muriel; Macnelly 8 James; Muriel; Macnelly 9 Cuadrado; Muriel 10 Cuadrado; Muriel; Macnelly 11 James; Berrio; Cardona 12 James; Cuadrado 13 James; Muriel; Macnelly Striker: Bacca has basically been our go to guy up front and he only scored in 2 of 13 games so far (Ecuador and Bolivia - how ironic); lack of service, inability to finish; tendency to disappear in games all come to mind here. Teo, as much as i love the chuck norris references seems to be a 2014 fad that has been over for quite some time. Jackson is in China somewhere; Borja/Duvan are too green to evaluate their NT performances and Falcao has had a long road to recovery with various setbacks (recent injury) 1 Teo; Bacca 2 Teo; Bacca 3 Jackson 4 Teo; Bacca 5 Bacca 6 Bacca 7 Bacca 8 Bacca 9 Bacca 10 Bacca 11 Borja 12 Falcao 13 Bacca i actually like this list and will update this periodically....