Two confirmed casualties of the Colombian team to receive Peru in January for the Qualifiers

Like the Peruvian team, Colombia reached the 14th date of the Qualifiers with an extensive list of players in the chapel. That is, the one who saw a yellow card last Tuesday and said goodbye to the first commitment agreed for the January day on the way to the next Qatar 2022 World Cup.

With a view to the commitment against Blanquirroja by the end of January, coach Reinaldo Rueda will not be able to count on Gustavo Cuéllar and Jefferson Lerma, the central midfielders who started the 0-0 match against Paraguay at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium in the city. from Barranquilla.

In minute 22 of the contest, Cuéllar committed a foul against the midfielder Mathias Villasanti and the Argentine referee Facundo Tello considered that the ‘coffee grower’ deserved to be punished with a yellow. Thus, the Al Hilal footballer accumulated the second card in the Qualifiers, after seeing the first in Lima against the Peruvian team last June, before the Copa América.

Later, at 40 ‘, Jefferson Lerma had no choice but to cut an advance by Albirroja with an infraction. The Colombian media risked it after a mistake made by his partner Yairo Moreno. Then, the judge of the commitment admonished the footballer of Bournemouth, who already goes four throughout the Qualifying rounds.

Despite the absences of Cuéllar and Lerma, the coach Rueda breathes calmly because he will recover a key man in the middle sector against Peru: Wilmar Barrios. The athlete from Zenit de Saint Petersburg fulfilled the day of sanction for accumulating cards against the Paraguayans.

On the other hand, in addition to being measured against the Blanquirroja, the ‘coffee’ box will cross with Lionel Messi ‘s Argentina. So, if David Ospina, Luis Fernando Díaz, Duván Zapata, Miguel Ángel Borja, Roger Martínez, Rafael Santos Borré, Willian Tesillo, Daniel Muñoz and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado see a yellow against the Peruvians, they will not be in the visit to Albiceleste.

The casualties of Ricardo Gareca

The ‘Tigre’ Gareca, like Reinaldo Rueda, also loses two important men. Luis Advíncula and Miguel Trauco were reprimanded in the confrontation against Venezuela in Caracas. The starting full-backs of the national team will not be able to appear in next year’s clash, but they must be available for the game in Lima against Ecuador.

To the game that will take place in more than two months, the Colombian team added 17 points and is in fourth place (direct classification). While the Bicolor has the same amount of points, but is in the fifth box (repechage).