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Colombia scored their first defeat in 40 years in the opening match of Group B at Copa America Argentina! With 2: 0 the two-time world champion was defeated and then scored a 1-0 against Qatar. After two match days, the cafeteros have already bagged the qualification for the round of the last sixteen.
To date, Colombia has been able to win Copa America in 2001, but this year the country is unquestionably one of the title contenders. La Albirroja is more excluded from this elite circle. However, the mediocre squad may still have legitimate hopes for the knockout stage after two draws in the first two rounds.
Currently Paraguay is in second place. In the recent 1: 1 against Argentina even a threesome would have been possible because among other things, a penalty has not been transformed. The performance in the match was definitely worth the honor. In Colombia against Paraguay, the tip also includes the double chance for the GuaranĂes. For the Colombians, it’s about nothing, because they can no longer be taken the championship leadership. So far, Paraguay has been pleasantly surprised as described. The Colombia against Paraguay’s forecast is accompanied by the use of five units.
Colombia:
The squad around captain Radamel Falcao of the AS Monaco has not shown any nakedness so far. This is also a merit of the Mozambican-Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz, who formerly as a youth coach in Portugal, the careers of later world stars like Luis Figo put on the track and equaled two world titles with the U20 selection of the country.
He has been working as a coach in Colombia since February of this year. His record with now five wins and a defeat can look very good. The coach fox was already national coach in various countries, for example Iran or Portugal. In addition, his coaching stations in club football with names like Real Madrid or Sporting are impressive.
With the exception of striker Luis Muriel of Fiorentina, Queiroz has recourse to the full squad. However, it is to be expected that in the game against Paraguay some regulars will be given a complete or partial breather, as the match is meaningless in tabular terms. On the offensive, coach Carlos Queiroz also slowly, but surely not passing Duvan Zapata. The 28-year-old is simply in the shape of his life.
In the first match, Zapata came on as an 81-minute substitute, but just five minutes later, the ball wriggled like in the previous friendly against Peru in the net. Also in this game Zapata had come only from the bank and delivered a Jokertor. In the recent duel against Qatar, the striker was allowed to play from the start and scored the late winning goal.
That Zapata has a built-in Torgarantie this season, could already be seen continuously at his club Atalanta Bergamo, where the attacker scored 23 goals in 37 league games in Serie A. This secured second place in the scoring in the top Italian league. That the Lombards will participate for the first time in their history in the Champions League, owes the club to the South Americans in particular. In Colombia against Paraguay, the odds for another goal by Zapata are therefore also interesting.
Paraguay:
Although Paraguay won the Copa America, unlike Colombia, twice, but the successes dated back very far with the years 1953 and 1979. A deep run in the playoff phase last succeeded in 2011, when Paraguay came to the final, where the country but had to defeat clearly beaten 0-3 Uruguay. The previous knockout rounds was also with great luck in each case on penalties survived. At the latest edition three years ago, the end of the flagpole had already been reached in the preliminary round. A qualification for the World Cup has not succeeded since 2010.
The “golden generation” of about ten years ago, which included several excellent football players such as Nelson Valdez, Roque Santa Cruz or goalkeeper Justo Villar and record national player Paulo da Silva (148), has long since retired, which is why the successes of those years stayed away in the recent past. Comparable top players are currently rare and most likely to be discovered in the person of attacking midfielder Miguel Almiron of Newacstle United and center-back Fabian Balbuena of West Ham United.
As with Colombia, Paraguay’s new coach is responsible for sports: since February this year, 49-year-old Argentine Eduardo Berizzo has been filling his job as the successor to Colombian Juan Osorio. A quick change, as his predecessor was only a few months in office. The exchange was not for sporting reasons, but due to personal circumstances on the part of Osorio.
Berizzo was previously coach of Athletic Bilbao, but with very modest success, as shown by his record of 13 games without a win. Even with Paraguay, the yield is still expandable: two defeats, three draws and only one win, but only against Guatemala. But at this year’s Copa America, Paraguay is now surprisingly stable. The most recent example was the deserved draw against Messi and Co.
Colombia vs Paraguay head to head matches
06.10.17 WC Colombia Paraguay 1 : 2
07.10.16 WC Paraguay Colombia 0 : 1
08.06.16 CA Colombia Paraguay 2 : 1
16.10.13 WC Paraguay Colombia 1 : 2
12.10.12 WC Colombia Paraguay 2 : 0