Colombian National Team General Thread

Yeah hope he recovers

that is terrible news

 

******** man bad timing... Not an ACL but still bad.

 

anyone know how to watch Saturday's game (7:00 PM EST)

https://www.livesoccertv.com/match/new-zealand-vs-colombia/1oi5#5461771

Seems to be a replay on 9 PM EST on Fox Deportes?

 

Caracol

 

FYI.

you can order the games on PPV via Fanatiz.

I think both games combined are $35 or $25 each individual game

 

Caracol is free. $0.00. Combined, taxes included

 

with vpn?

 

VPN + gol caracol en vivo

works best on their YouTube channel

 

I've said this countless times.

 

New York huh?

 

Oh shit

here we go

gonna watch that here at home

 

def will watch this after skipping the last 2 NY friendlies. Was on the fence about the Aussie game but holy shit it is cold in CT/NY only going to be worst next week

NY in March is freezing WTF are they playing in NYC in the winter? It can be a snow storm

tho Colombia probably like can we play our group stage matches all in NYC?

 

March in NYC for a friendly does not sound fun, but I’m in.

Will be interesting to see us vs Croatia. I’ve always admired their fitness levels. They have a good balance of experience and youth. Amazing how Luka is creeping up on 200 caps for country. Perisic has about 150.

if Bolilo were Croatian…his last name would be….Smakabic

 

I can' t believe Bolilo is still coaching

his stint at Honduras should have been his last coaching job

9 games no wins... 8 loses

at El Salvador he is 11 games in 2 wins

funny still hear his name mentioned sometimes with the NT ....

 

anywhere

 

croatia huh, that will be fun. Never played them before.

im guessing this will be similar to our duel with Belgium a few years back

 

Yup.

 

At least he is self-aware.

 

For all his faults I trust his opinion more than anyone.
He has been present for most of our best moments in history. Up close and personal on the bench.
Hopefully he will be present for our biggest moment in history. (Semi of a World Cup.)

 

We will reach the final

you heard it here first

 

As I said in a post a few weeks back anything less than the Quarters would be a failure in my mind.

Still not at the point where I can say Semis though. Let alone the Final as you say.
A lot can happen in seven months.
But if we are healthy and in a good place mentally we can compete with anyone in the tournament. That is a good place to start.

 

If James does a training camp and Lucho shows up in form

we are dangerous

 

Lots of moving parts involved and this goes for any team but it’s going to come down to tactics and the strategy of using and maximizing the players on the bench.

while James/Lucho are essentially the two generals and Rios/JArias/Munoz/Mojica being engine of the team - it’s going to be guys like Carrascal, Carbonero, Andres Gomez, Yaser and possibly Duran / Sini who come off the bench and make the difference.

If we can get 4 or 6 points from those first two group games, I think we should be in a position to rotate more players around in what should hopefully be a less vital 3rd group game.

lineup management is vital here and I feel Nestor struggles with that the most, especially when facing adversity.