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FIFA World Cup Qualifying Colombia vs Venezuela


FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Colombia vs Venezuela
19:30 ET

The Colombian National Team must draw Venezuela at home on the first date and in this double day it will have goalkeeper David Ospina as the main casualty, who left the payroll because he could not travel from Italy due to a positive case in Napoli, cast at that defends.

It was the Colombian Soccer Federation itself, who detailed the absence of the goalkeeper. “David Ospina will not be able to attend the call for the qualifying matches against Venezuela and Chile. The Naples goalkeeper is prevented from attending the call due to preventive isolation of the entire team, established by the local authorities, "the statement reported.

Despite the absence of Ospina, Queiroz's Colombia trusts in what James Rodriguez himself, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Duvan Zapatas can do, figures who are probably also there for the duel against Chile.

For its part, the Venezuelan National Team begins a new process led by José Paseiro, after suffering the resignation of Rafael Dudamel and will have four familiar faces for Chilean football. Two play in the local league, the defender of Universidad de Chile, Luis del Pino Mago and the sports Antofagasta midfielder, Eduard Bello, in addition to Jeffeson Soteldo, who also defended the U and the former Huachipato player, Rómulo Otero.