Colombian National Team General Thread

Go for it. I do the threads for WCQ, CA and WC games

 

now its time to screw with Mexico, my favorite thing in the world is to toy around with the north american clowns

 

Think we get stronger opponents if we also continue to have high goal scoring results leading up to the draw in December?

I genuinely need us to play euro teams leading up to the world cup. Of course none will plan friendlies until after the WC draw in December, but my personal choices are:

Spain (obviously the best team in the world that has gotten sharper since we played them last time. It doesn't hurt to challenge them to improve our team)

France (In form and back to back finalists in the last two world cups; they had an epic 5-4 loss against Spain in the semis of the nations league this year. I don't consider them the top favorites for the next world cup but they will be a challenge to any)

Norway (very confident in goal scoring so they would not be afraid to play offensively)

Portugal (Good form and an opponent we don't really get a chance to face; also won the nation's league this year against Spain)

Switzerland (clean sheet in their qualifiers, scoring fairly well, and could offer something different)

 

Netherlands Belgium Germany and north Americans are all teams i would like.

Anyone else would be a problem

 

Trust me if we end up in a group of death (considering the vast amounts of possibilities), it will be a

You seem to misunderstand; I am not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!

 

more worried with Italy, Cameron being in my pot 4 than who ever is in pot 1.

Like many said on paper we are better than most the pot A teams. So a strong 2nd team is fine. being in the group of death would suck....

but this WC is a joke and the best 3rd place team makes it to the 2nd round of 32 teams. So at that point all you need to worry about is not being in the group of death with Italy or Cameron.... and 3 teams scoring 12 goals on Bolivia or Cape Verde

 

Yesterday for me confirmed

If it came down to it, give me Borre over Cucho.

Borre has actually scored goals for Colombia but most importantly, he has an actual role he can fill. If Colombia is winning a tough game and needs and attacker to come in and press, he can and he would.

what role does Cucho fill? He is not a 9. He is not a winger. He doesn’t really press. He is just an attacker. That’s that

 

I prefer not calling a extra player to borre

 

We need a third 9

We need more wingers

so 9s

Suarez, Cordoba, and ???

LW: Diaz, Carnonero?
RW: James (not really but that’s where we list him), Yaser. Serna?


I think Borre makes it as the third 9 and we definitely have to decide who the bench wingers will be

 

There will be a couple of surprises, mostly due to injury, but I'd say that there are about 30 players in Lorenzo's preliminary roster; the question is who will be in the final list. Most positions we have 3/4 players, except for the wingers, where other than Lucho, everyone looks suspicious.

GK: Vargas, Ospina, Mier, Montero
CBs: Sanchez, Mina, Lucumi, Ditta, Mosquera
LBs: Mojica, Angulo
RBs: Muñoz, Arias, Roman
DMs: Lerma, Castaño, Portilla, Rios
AMs: James, Quintero, Yaser, Arias
LWs: Diaz, Carbonero... Serna, Campaz?
RWs: ????
FWs: Suarez, Cordoba, Borre, Duran?

 

Honestly if it’s Borre I rather take Villarreal or a youth prospect than this guy who hasn’t done shit in yellow

 

He’s scored in official matches lol

 

I get your sentiment. Like I previously said, when Borre comes on, I feel there is not a commitment to win - whatever the score is, that is what we are settling for. I really want to be proven wrong here.

when a sub is made, you immediately get the sense of what is to come.

* Duran comes off the bench - a #9 who is not afraid to take shots on goal. But capable of drawing a yellow card

* Yaser comes off the bench - an electric attacker who can create opportunities.

* JFQ comes off the bench - a playmaker who is capable of the goal/assist of the tournament, but will slow things down

* Sini comes off the bench - a playmaker who can create space and opportunities but have a medic on call…

* Borre comes off the bench? A box to box striker - yay! I guess lol

 

missing sinisterra, cuesta, gomez

 

They have both been disappointing. But Borre has had YEARS of opportunities, including Copa play and even his club performances have declined to ultimately warrant a spot in today's squad. I agree that the situation with Cucho is frustrating but he got zero service from JFQ vs Canada, who btw played one of the worst games I've ever seen from him with the NT jersey. JFQ wasn't present at all. Always on the opposite side of the field and not demanding play go thru him. But it's a friendly and JFQ still has a lot of credit in my book.

Top that with Munoz who is light years from what Roman offered, and even Lerma-Castano played simple ball to James vs why was Rios always trying to do more than he can do?

All this to say, going back to Cucho, he should be given a shot with a better 11.

 

Mf in both games was terrible

Suarez got 0 service

cucho only chance he passed to Diaz after they won the ball themselves

even with James no mf was present either game

4-0 va Mexico but we still played badly

 

fine with me

 

Outside of the Venezuela game, our strikers often do not take good shots on goal with their feet unless it’s via a counter attack or a set piece after a deflection or two. It’s been a recurring trend for the past ten years which is why so many of our strikers “disappear” during a game despite having strong club scoring form (Bacca, Duran, Borja, Duvan to name a few). There’s a fundamental flaw with our style of attack where our strikers struggle to replicate their club form. It’s the norm rather than the exception…

 

called get 0 service

or a cross when they are up against 4 defenders

 

only thing that makes me cringe is I hope we never go back to that stupid "playing it short" from Corner kicks. Thank goodness with James, folks recognized our chances weere much better with our players in the box waiting for his crosses.

 

I feel like those short corners never worked for anyone

 

I’m wondering

Muñoz clearly thrives as a wing back more than as a right back

would a 3-5-2 work?

assuming C Mosquera jumps on board

———Davinson Mosquera lucumi———-

Munoz —Rios —-lerma ——arias ——mojica

——————James—-Diaz——————


Allows James to roam free, allows Munoz to turn into a winger. Allows Arias to be more attacking minded. Sacrifices the striker



thoughts?

 

Worth giving a try. That kind of formation prolly doesn’t work for a wcq cycle but could work in a tournament setting. That’s what Brazil did for the 2002 World Cup.

Think you would need to have a CB group of Davinson, Lucumi, Ditta, Cuesta, Mina ready to go. Not holding my breath for Mosquera.

if we lose Mojica or Munoz to yellow cards / injury, everything pretty much falls apart.

I want to eventually see Lucho evolve into a central role like in a false 9 / second striker where he can get others more involved when he draws a double team

 

We have the players to make it work but you need CB's that dont lose focus or it all goes to hell