The Colombian National Team has five games without scoring a goal. It is the most unwanted pressure at a time of extreme need, in which it is necessary to beat Peru and Argentina to continue with clear options to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
If it is added that Duván Zapata, a traditional referent of the Colombian attack, is absent due to injury, it seems that grays will be added to the objective. There may be some player out of the list of 28 chosen by Reinaldo Rueda for those commitments, but in general they are the most outstanding and there are alternatives, even from the local League that did not count much before, to face what is coming. It is what it is.
The longing to see James and Juan Fernando Quintero will no longer be a reality (the man from Antioquia was injured in friendlies against Honduras) but from there, from the feet of number 10, will come the creative genius that is needed so as not to suffer in Barranquilla first and in Córdoba (Argentina) afterwards. The rest is to trust that this time the leading men are clear, that the extremes feel their duty and that what remains reaches the back of the net, whoever reaches the position to define.
The attack is the mole but also the destination. This time, a Muriel who has stood in line for years seems to be called to be the benchmark in the area, as he has done in Atalanta, with good results, in the absence of Zapata. But Borré also arrives inspired, Luis Díaz as a great figure in Portugal, Cuadrado and his Olympic goal as a letter of introduction, Falcao and all his experience and in all of them a faith, an enormous confidence that this time he will join three .
How do the attackers get to this qualifying round, crucial to reach the World Cup? First a caveat: they have not started their seasons and they do not show convincing numbers. For the rest, this is how the mourners of the goal arrive:
louis muriel
14 games in the season; average of 48 minutes per game; 4 goals, one every 169 minutes; 4 assists
Rafael Santos Borre
19 games, 79 minutes per game, 6 goals, one every 250 minutes, 4 assists
Alfred Morelos
19 games, 79 per game, 8 goals one every 188 minutes, 4 assists
Harold Precious
23 games, 13 goals, one every 120 minutes, 2 assists (Liga II, 2021). The League has not started but it comes from being champion with Cali.
louis diaz
17 games, 84 minutes per game, 13 goals, one every 110 minutes, 4 assists
Falcao
12 games, 38 minutes per game, 5 goals, one every 91 minutes, no assists
Yimmi Chara
The new season with Portland Timbers has not started, last year he played 34 games, 80 minutes per game, 6 goals, one every 453 minutes, 5 assists
Diego Valeyes
4 goals, 3 assists, 21 games last tournament in Argentina with Talleres. The season hasn’t started
Miguel Borgia
18 games, 5 goals, 3 assists throughout the Brasileirao. Just started preseason with Junior.
*Sofascore data
