Colombia to Face Ecuador and Chile: International Friendly Preview

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Published: March 24, 2011

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As Colombia looks to escape the doldrums of mediocrity, Los Cafeteros will go head to head against Ecuador this Saturday, only to face Chile just a few days later.  

After losing 1-0 to Spain last month, Colombia will look to get on the offensive against Ecuador and escape from a bunkering style of play that Colombia has adopted over the past few years.

On the other hand, Chile will be a more daunting task given Colombia's recent track record against the Chileans.  Chile is loaded with young and experienced talent after coming off a solid World Cup campaign.

Hernán Darío Gómez aka "El Bolillo" appears to be on the right track as Colombia looks to face Argentina, Japan and Bolivia in the group stage of the Copa América this July.  Since Gómez took over, he has been on a mission to put together the best possible team.  With Leonel Alvarez (1990 and 1994 World Cup Midfielder for Colombia) as his assistant, it appears Colombia is well on their way to being a competitive team once again.

When Colombia faced Spain, they finally decided to call up a squad that was comprised mostly of players from European clubs rather than domestic players who are older and past their primes.  In a surprising twist of events, Colombia nearly pulled off an upset, but did well enough to improve the morale of the supporters.  Many supporters were ecstatic with how the Colombians played despite the result.  

For these upcoming matches, Gómez called up a very similar list of players that we saw against Spain.  Hopefully this will be the core team for not only the Copa América, but for the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers which will start later this year as well.

David Ospina, the 22-year-old OGC Nice goalkeeper, will be the one stopping the shots once again.  The young keeper from Medellin is getting better each game, but will need to imp...
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