I'm not looking forward for diving Neymar and eventual red card Colombia... side note: it literally feels like Colombia gets a red card every 2 games.
It baffles me that Farinez is not playing for a better club than a mid table team in France. Shouldn't he be at Milan at this point?
he is a sub in France think it’s his height same reason big teams don’t want Ospina they want 6’5 dudes at goal
why? he just got there. Also, could be wrong but Lens are a lower midtable/bottom table team. They recently got promoted and I don't believe he's a regular starter either. I also think he's still technically owned by Millonarios. This is a good tournament for him to showcase. He makes one or two wondersaves, some normal low effort saves and commentators hyping him up like they've been doing and he might get some interest from better teams
He looked like that when he was signed by Millonarios, but he then was very inconsistent, with some great games and some horrid performances. IIRC he was not even the sure starter before he moved to France. Besides, even established South American goalies are not that coveted by European teams, that seem to prefer to use that spot for a communitarian player.
We played well. We dominated completely, took 23 shots, 8 on target, created chances, but Farinez had a game of one in a lifetime (two in his case, both against Colombia). Just to remind you that with Queiroz we didn't even create chances. I'm more than OK with our match yesterday, give us another 10 matches like this and we will win 9 of them.
My thoughts exactly. The problem is that Cardona can't play a full match, but we still should've played more calmly than to continue with these crossing and long balls. I hate it. I actually like Cuadrado and he cut to the center and manage our plays. Yesterday he tried his dribbles too much again. But we created chances, we suffered from the finishing.
welcome back..... but how many times has our team made it look like a goalie had the game of "his life" usually down to our guys not shooting on target or having balls to win. Tired of always going wow the goalie went god mode
Actually the last time i remember the goalie was star was in venezuela 2017...also fariñez. Which other time the opponet goalie was figure?
The more I see Munoz play, the more I see him as an average player. I am not sure why he was called up. Please no more Tesillo at LB. This is Quieroz legacy still hunting us.
That is the way it goes with LBs and RBs. Remember when Medina first started for us? People around here were saying he is horrible and should never play on the team ever again after looking bad against Uruguay and Chile. Now he has played much better since those days. I think Munoz can eventually be solid at RB too. I remember one of the first times I saw Armero I was like meh he is not that good. But eventually he got better and played well for us for the most part. Even scored our first Goal in a world cup in 16 years.
As for Tesillo, I do not want to see him start again. He is a CB for the most part in MExico and that is where he should play in my opinion. A backup CB for us should be his position.
I see your point. He can grow into the position. He hasn't been as bad as Tesillo. I guess we were a bit spoiled with Zugina and transitioning to Santi and of course the surprised development of Medina. On the left side, we should be calling up Fuentes.
i like Fuentes for the most part but the last few games I saw him play in the Libertadores he looked like a poor man's Tesillo. Mostly played defense and had no idea what to do going forward or in the final third. At least he is way younger than Tesillo and can get better but bringing in Fabra was the better option.
I have liked muñoz..it seems he have all the tools and potential to be the starter in the nt... Full backs take time to fit in the system of the team. Tesillo isnt armero.. but tactical understand much better the position than mojica and fabra...for me havent been terrible.
I think Munoz has improved each game and was pretty effective against Venezuela (of course, he had no pressure on his flank). Think he is fine as a back up though certainly not on level of Arias or prior to that Camilo. Medina can cross the ball well, but I'd still love for us to develop a true rb soon to play there.
Easier said than done. It seems like there's not too many true RBs youngsters in Colombia that are good enough. Maybe Herrera in Portugal can be that guy but even he has his deficiencies.
There are some prospects, but they are still very raw. There´s Yeferson Paz on Sassuolo, just 19 years old.
There will always be. Honestly he's more of a wingback. I see a bit of Cuadrado in him. Older players there's also Esneyder Mena, who when he begins running is unstoppable until he reaches the end of the field. I think he's the fastest player in the league.
Left-back was always a problem for us. Only Bedoya and Armero were any good and if we'll return 30 years ago, so Wilson Perez was also good. Today we have to choose between Fuentes (my choice also), Fabra, Mojica and Borja. I'm not a fan of any of them but they are all better option then Tesillo who clearly seems uncomfortable. I like Cuadrado when James doesn't play because he needs to be more involve and not to stuck in the right side with his dribbles but in case James will return, I would like to see Cuadrado as a RB just like he plays for Juve. An excellent offensive RB with James in the same side, at least against NT that we are favorites against them.
With James back and Arias we need to see if Medina or Arias can play LB. if not then use 3 in the back. Way too many CBs right now to force the team to play out of position or worse players just because that’s how we have always played. the team that played against Venezuela is the starting line up just replace Tesillo with either Arias or Medina. Same with Munoz who hasn’t impressed me. Medina is better. james for Cardona.