Colombia Starting Eleven

Having reached the quarter-finals previously in the World Cup 2014, Colombia will definitely be looking to do better this time around in Russia. Best part is, they seem to be in decent form and the competition in their group stages look pretty favourable to Colombia.

In our opinion, the man who can make or break Colombia is no other than their team coach, Jose Pekerman. He is known to deploy different players all the time depending on which strategy he chooses to use. That said, it’s almost impossible to predict the starting 11 players of team Colombia.

Nevertheless, the following are the names of all the players you will be seeing on the pitch in Russia:

Goalkeepers:

David Ospina (Arsenal), Camilo Vargas (Deportivo Cali), José Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas).

Defenders:

Cristian Zapata (Milan), Dávinson Sánchez (Tottenham), Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven), Óscar Murillo (Pachuca), Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors), Johan Mojica (Girona), Yerry Mina (Barcelona).

Midfielders:

Wílmar Barrios (Boca Juniors), Carlos Sánchez (Espanyol), Jefferson Lerma (Levante), José Izquierdo (Brighton Hove & Albion), James Rodríguez (Bayern Múnich), Abel Aguilar (Deportivo Cali), Mateus Uribe (América), Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate), Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus).

Forwards:

Radamel Falcao (Mónaco), Miguel Borja (Palmeiras), Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla)

 World Cup 2018 – Colombia’s Strength

Colombia’s biggest strength by far is their defense. With extraordinary players like Zapata and Sanchez at the rear holding fort, the midfielders will be less strained and can focus their resources into finding more scoring opportunities instead.