The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 134 Columbia 2
From being unfavorable to reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time in history, and facing relatively weak Wales in the quarter-finals, Colombian fans are even more excited.

"Wales is a very strong opponent. I have been telling my players not to underestimate their opponents. Whoever underestimates Wales will definitely pay the price, especially their midfielder Jack. That is a talent born for football, the player that every manager dreams of coaching, because he will bring a lot of honor to your coaching resume. Today's game will be a difficult game. "

After the two teams arrived at the Castello Stadium, Colombian head coach Pekerman also behaved very low-key when interviewed by reporters.

Pekerman took over the coach of the Colombian team in 2012. It should be said that he has trained Colombia very well in these years. Although he lost the general Falcao before the game, he can still lead Colombia to the quarter-finals , which also fully illustrates Pekerman’s coaching ability.

"Our goal in this World Cup has been accomplished. Now every game I play, I think it is a gift from God. I tell my players not to have pressure, just enjoy the game. The opponent is very strong. We hold Play the game with a learning mentality, as long as you put in the effort, even failure is not unacceptable." Koeman was also very low-key in the interview.

After the players from both sides entered the court for adaptive training, less than an hour before the start of the game, both sides returned to the locker room for final preparations and mobilization.

At this time, television broadcasts from hundreds of countries and regions around the world also began to broadcast the game live.

"Hello fans, everyone, welcome to watch one of the quarter-finals of this World Cup brought by Mr. He and me. The two sides are Wales and Colombia. We have just won this match. Let’s first introduce to you the starting lineups of both sides.”

"Let's take a look at Colombia first. The goalkeeper is Ospina. The defenders are Zuniga, Zapata, Yepes and Armero. The midfielders are Cuadrado, Guarin, Sanchez and Ibarvo. The forwards are The line is composed of Ronaldo and Gutierrez, and it looks like it should be a 442-[-]-[-] formation."

"Wales' starting lineup is the same as in their last game against Chile. There is no change. It seems that Koeman has tasted the sweetness of the last game, so he still continues the previous game. The starting lineup, and if there is no accident, I am afraid that Dabao will still appear in the position of a free agent, Mr. He, speaking of Columbia's starting lineup, Dabao should be the most familiar."

"Yes, many players in Colombia's starting lineup are playing in Serie A, especially their midfielder No. 13 Guarin is Dabao's teammate in Inter Milan. In addition, Ivarvo plays for Cagliari. , Cuadrado plays for Fiorentina, and Armero plays for Naples. Both teams competed very fiercely with Inter Milan in the standings last season. Captain Yepes also plays in Serie A. Ball, played for Atalanta last season, and played for AC Milan for three seasons before that. There are also defender Zapata, who played for AC Milan, and defender Zuniga, who played for Naples last season. It’s the fifth season.”

"The biggest star in Colombia's current lineup is probably Ronaldo. He transferred to Monaco for 4500 million euros last season. It is said that Real Madrid is also interested in him."

"All eleven members of Colombia's starting lineup played overseas. Goalkeeper Ospina played for Nice in Ligue [-] last season. It is said that Arsenal is already negotiating with Nice this summer. In addition, there are Midfielder Carlos Sanchez played for Elche in La Liga last season. The only one who does not play for the five major European leagues is another forward Gutierrez, who played for River Plate in Argentina last season. So let’s talk about Colombia’s strength. They are still very strong, and these players are either the main players in their respective teams, or have a very high appearance rate in the rotation."

"The biggest pity is that Falcao is not here, the striker who broke the Ligue [-] transfer record."

"Well, it is indeed a pity, and it is also very hurtful to Colombia."

While the two were chatting about some European football transfer rumors, the starting players of both sides came out of the player tunnel and appeared on the field under the leadership of the referee.

As a South American team, today's scene naturally became Colombia's home stadium. The tens of thousands of Colombian fans watching him also gave out huge cheers, compared to only more than 1 Welsh fans. His momentum was also somewhat suppressed by the opponent.

When the players from both sides shook hands after the national anthem was played, Dabao even hugged Guarin. The relationship between the two in the club is still very good.

After the side guessing was over, the players from both sides stood in their positions. At this time, the formations of both sides were clearly visible in front of everyone. Colombia's side was a typical 442 parallel position.

As for Wales, it was the same as in the previous game. Dabao stood in front of the two double midfielders David Vaughn and Ledley, and Ramsey was still the last starter in front of him.

A 32131 formation.

Soon at five o'clock in the afternoon, the referee blew his whistle after looking at the time.

With this whistle, the quarter-finals of this World Cup officially kicked off.

However, what Koeman didn't expect was that Colombia gave Wales a head-on blow just after the game started. After receiving Gutierrez's back pass, Guarin looked up and then directly sent the ball forward with a big kick. field.

In fact, the pass of the ball was not good, the height of the football was too high, resulting in the slow speed of the ball. At this time, Dabao got stuck in the frontcourt and defended Ronaldo very hard, but the ball did not fly to where Ronaldo was. At this time, Gutierrez, facing the goal, looked back at the football while judging the landing point. Ledley followed the opponent tightly, and the Welsh central defender Gunter also followed. Judging where the football falls.

However, it was such a seemingly non-threatening pass that caused Wales to suffer.

(End of this chapter)