Pre-match: 2026 World Cup (Group K): Colombia vs. Uzbekistan (6/17/26 – Wednesday – 10 PM EST)

Doogs · Jun 14, 2026

3 days!

J-Mezzy · Jun 14, 2026

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3 days!
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Man the wait is killing me

Doogs · Jun 14, 2026

Anthony Taylor is the ref for our game. This guy in the EPL is a good ref but he's biased as hell towards certain teams.

ryu79 · Jun 14, 2026

He's awful

Uzuriaga · Jun 14, 2026

Yeah he was the man behind the infamous cucurella handball vs Germany.

Jace · Jun 15, 2026

epl ref for what's likely the most physical team we're gonna play in the group stage is not good. gonna let a lot of stuff go.

HomietheClown · Jun 15, 2026

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epl ref for what's likely the most physical team we're gonna play in the group stage is not good. gonna let a lot of stuff go.
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That’s good for Lerma.

Doogs · Jun 16, 2026

📢POSIBLE FORMACIÓN vs Uzbekistán🇺🇿

Así formaría Colombia🇨🇴: Camilo Vargas; Daniel Muñoz, Davinson Sánchez, Jhon Lucumí, Johan Mojica; Gustavo Puerta, Jefferson Lerma, James Rodríguez; Jhon Arias, Luis Díaz y Luis Suárez.

⁉️¿Les gusta? ¿Cómo formarían ustedes?
— Antonio Casale (@CasaleSports) June 16, 2026

Doogs · Jun 16, 2026

im happy this game is at night, gives me a chance to go to the gym in the day

HomietheClown · Jun 16, 2026

Seems about right. But who knows?

Furnaccio · Jun 16, 2026

I would start

Castano ahead of Puerta
Carrascal ahead of Arias
JFQ ahead of James
Santi ahead of Munoz

and then sub at half time puerta, James and Arias.

Replace Santi with Dani after the 2nd hydration break and then sub in Ditta for Suarez to finish out the game

Froboy69 · Jun 16, 2026

Jace · Jun 16, 2026

23 hours away

Ya están probando el audio del Azteca. Subir volumen 🔊🔊🔊 pic.twitter.com/1pLQx4banL
— Santiago G (@sgarciaz) June 16, 2026

ryu79 · Jun 17, 2026

Game day boys! Let's go!

crzdcolombian · Jun 17, 2026

Why is the game at 10pm what local time in this part of the world is 5 hours difference

Furnaccio · Jun 17, 2026

today is our 1st day of Christmas (or festivus)!

Good news is that the temperature is going to be in the 60s so we won’t have to worry about the heat and we have plenty of experience with games in altitude.

Better news - we have fully fit squad, no drama, no bull sh**, plenty of rest, a cohesive unit, several friendlies that prepared us well for this moment.

First up…Uzbekistan - time to dog walk them and show the world we are back in the World Cup scene and this time we want the gold sucka!!

All gas! No breaks! yadadamean!!!

J-Mezzy · Jun 17, 2026

Finally

the wait is over

villus · Jun 17, 2026

Furnaccio said: ↑

today is our 1st day of Christmas (or festivus)!

Good news is that the temperature is going to be in the 60s so we won’t have to worry about the heat and we have plenty of experience with games in altitude.

Better news - we have fully fit squad, no drama, no bull sh**, plenty of rest, a cohesive unit, several friendlies that prepared us well for this moment.

First up…Uzbekistan - time to dog walk them and show the world we are back in the World Cup scene and this time we want the gold sucka!!

All gas! No breaks! yadadamean!!!
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TBH I would prefer weather was brutally hot, would be an advantage for us vs the Uzbeks. I think they're gonna come in ready to defend like dogs and not make it easy for us, hopefully we're ready to deal with it and be patient, we have struggled against bunkering teams so hopefully we've learned from it.

Tio Nicci · Jun 17, 2026

Listening to nothing but Colombian traditional music on my way to work today. So hyped!

Doogs · Jun 17, 2026

im sure everyone has been watching but every single game is played with the highest intensity.

so we need to be up there to match

praxis.en · Jun 17, 2026

For all the shit that has been talked about this team, I hope that put some fire under their ass to lock in.
I hope whatever clicked in the Copa America comes back.

Furnaccio · Jun 17, 2026

villus said: ↑

TBH I would prefer weather was brutally hot, would be an advantage for us vs the Uzbeks. I think they're gonna come in ready to defend like dogs and not make it easy for us, hopefully we're ready to deal with it and be patient, we have struggled against bunkering teams so hopefully we've learned from it.
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yeah i thought about that, but i would have been more concerned about us "burning the match" in this first match if the temperatures were in the +80s, especially with UZB likely to park the bus..

100% agree about having patience and focus - look at the teams that got more and more frustrated as the game went deeper (Ecuador & Spain in particular).

i just want to avoid a 700 vs 200 pass game and we were going into the 80th minute with no goals...

Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Jordan have all been good friendlies for us to prepare for this game.

* 3 points: Expectation and on the right path to be in the driver seat
* 1 point: Will have to think about changing things around and will have to start following other results
* 0 points: Lots of pissed off people, but not end of the world, no margin of error in 2nd and 3rd games and will also have to follow other results much closer

Doogs · Jun 17, 2026

they gave us the shittiest kick off time possible. Going to have to drink a coffee or something to stay up

Furnaccio · Jun 17, 2026

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they gave us the shittiest kick off time possible. Going to have to drink a coffee or something to stay up
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yeah i was cooked last night during the argentina game. so i will probably go for a workout around 7 pm to be fresh and ready for 10 pm

Froboy69 · Jun 17, 2026

Being one of the last teams to play before rotating in a cycle again has likely helped us. Not only for the extra rest time (especially for injuries) but mentally as well.

I expect our boys to be as prepared as possible to start our campaign to challenge for the World Cup.