Complicated situation in Colombian territory ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. After the 0-1 defeat against Peru, Reinaldo Rueda and his team were a foot and a half out of the world championship. This added to the six games without scoring a goal, three at home and the others as a visitor.
After the match, the fans dismissed the group with whistles and insults, some even threw bottles and cans from the stands. Situation criticized by James Rodríguez and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
This Saturday, Carlos Valderrama, historical emblem of the National Team, reported on his YouTube channel with the recount of what day 15 of the South American qualifiers left. Upon arrival in Colombia, nothing was saved.
“There are definitive matches, this was to achieve classification. That is the truth, we cannot deceive ourselves. The one who won 20 points, Peru won, had one and scored one. We play bad. When you play bad, you lose.”, he started saying.
Although the panorama is completely dark, the ‘Pibe’ affirmed that “we are optimistic until the end”. He recalled that in the call, except for Juan Fernando Quintero due to injury, “no one was missing” because it was a duel “for the greats” and they themselves “have to get up”.
As for the accounts, it was clear: “Colombia, 17 points, my brother in the sixth. Things got tough, brava. We don’t depend on ourselves and when one depends on another, it’s screwed. And now we depend on others. You have to beat Argentina… it’s not impossible because it’s football”.
And finally, the mythical ’10’ left a message for the current ’10’ of the national team, James Rodríguez. Valderrama was accurate in saying that “the fans do not touch”.
“When one plays badly they whistle. Applause must be earned, whistles are also earned. The fans do not touch, I send them the message at once. When you play well, the fans applaud; when he plays poorly, he has to eat the whistles. We played badly, we are far from the World Cup. When you’re down, you have to get up, so we’re going to see what we’re made of,” he concluded.
See here the complete video of the ‘Pibe’:
