Duvan Zapata

They arent colombians but im glad that hateboer and de roon are starters with nederlands and gosens with germany. The same for palasic of croatia

Deserved called up of all these players because their excellent season

 

Duvan with the assist


https://streamja.com/LMAGO

 

is it just me or does Zapata look like the Hulk out there

he is just so much taller and bigger than everyone else

just reminds me of youth level when teams are obviously using. A kid over the age limit haha

 

Just want to mention that Mojica is on the bench.

If he does come in would it be the first time three Colombians would play in the same team in Italy?

 

Did you see him just out power 4 dudes at the same time haha. They had to push him from behind to stop him

will say if Muriel starts consistently for Atalanta the whole Captain Falcao thing is worrisome.

At this point everyone not named Ospina or James needs to fight for a spot to make the final 23 roster for Copa America and the WC

 

Valladolid and Porto are the only two European teams thT come to mind

 

Maybe Queiroz is thinking outside the box and will start:
------Duvan----Falcao-----Muriel

------James---Barrios-----Cuadrado

 

maybe against Bolivia at home haha

it’s a tough position to be in for a coach. Zapata has to start.

him giving James space to attack or him and James pulling defenders then a fast player like Muriel left open would be easy goals.

 

Mojica getting 5 minutes.

Not playing at LB tho

 

What position is Mojica playing?

 

He definitely is playing LB

 

haha Gosen was not taken out so thought he wasn’t playing Lb. def played lb

 

God I hope not. Falcao has been great but its definitely time to take a back seat.

 

In a tournament setting, I like Falcao and Muriel off the bench - especially with their reliability for penalties. I don’t think we will ever see Muriel play a full 90 on a consistent basis. That’s a big ask

For the WCQ - I reallly hope to see guys like Morelos and Borre get minutes and exposure to high pressure games

 

Everybody would bunker down against us. Need Cantillo in place of Barrios to break through the defense.

 

That was more of a tongue-in-cheek formation.
But against Venezuela I do think we can see an offensive type of team while against Chile more of a bunkering lineup.

 

Can see Falcao starting against Venezuela and Duvan against Chile. Queiroz already coming out praising Falcao's start to the season and calling him the captain of the team sort of confirmed it, imo.

 

I think that's the edge right there. The emotional maturity Falcao has. Although Duvan is way better at this point of the career. It's hard to field a team without a capitan who is mature like Falcao.

No way James deserves that band, and the only other Capitan I see is Ospina.

 

What about Barrios?

 

Cue Crzd:

BArrios is too much of a hot head to be Captain.
He should have been given a red for his stupid head butt against England and he is an f'ing idiot for getting carded against River in the Libertadores Final!

Not captain material!

Some Korean or Pokemon reference and ...

...done.

 

I am done with BigSoccer for today. I don’t think I’ll read a better post than what Homie just wrote! Take a bow

 

I've never pay attention to Barrios's character, so I have no clue how he behaves off the field and when emotionally triggered. But if he's worth it, then I'll give it to him, it would be nice to see a black man with the captain arm band in colombia too.

 

he seems just fine i think

 

I don’t rate Barrios that highly.

capitan should be Ospina or James. When we know the other 9 guys starting then we can talk.

currently maybe Barrios is a starter but I can see it becoming possible a better option pops up before the WC or Copa America.

I can’t see that happening with Ospina or James. At least not till after 2022.

duvan > >>>>>>>>>>> Falcao at club level. Let’s see him at NT level in yellow.

 

Barrios is maybe a starter?? Lol

Outside of James, Ospina, and Cuadrado, he is the most sure bet to start