Twelve days from Peru-Colombia: Rueda’s report on Quintero’s injury

Juan Fernando Quintero scored the goal that made Colombia 1-0 over Honduras in a friendly in Florida. His contribution was celebrated by the “Tricolor” fans, but before the end of the first half, his sudden departure from the field caused concern, just twelve days before the game against Peru for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers.

“He felt discomfort, he spoke to the doctor and he preferred to prevent, it is a bruise on the tibia, on the bone, it is with ice hoping that after 24 hours it will respond well and it will not be anything delicate”, said the coach of the Colombian team, Reinaldo Rueda, after the clash against the Hondurans.

Rueda expressed his wish that Quintero can handle his situation well now that he will travel to Argentina to close his transfer to his beloved River Plate and join the working group that Marcelo Gallardo continues to lead.

“We aspire and according to the medical diagnosis that it is only the contusion, that it responds well. Everything will happen because this week after his trip (to Argentina) he does the maintenance and is ready”, added Rueda, in charge of the ‘Tricolor’ since January 2021.

On the other hand, Rueda made a brief analysis of the victory (2-1) over Honduras, with goals from ‘Juanfer’ Quintero and Andrés Colorado. “We continue to keep the same ordering in the game system. We made an evaluation of what has happened to us in the local games, about what we have to improve “, commented.

In the next few days, Rueda will define his squad for the duels against Peru (January 28) and Argentina (February 1), valid for the fifteenth and sixteenth days of the Qualifiers.