'Cucho' Hernández is confident that Colombia will qualify for the World Cup and ensures that the match for Venezuelans is a final

One of the Colombian strikers of the moment is Juan Camilo 'El Cucho' Hernandez, who is having an outstanding season in Watford. The attacker spoke about the Colombia National Team and the last two matches of the Playoffs against Bolivia in Barranquilla and Venezuela in Ciudad Guayana, also sent a message of encouragement to the team and assured that he wants the Tricolor to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Colombia National Team has no margin for error in the qualifiers, so they will play real finals against Bolivia and Venezuela. The vinotinto, is now directed by José Néstor Pékerman, in charge of directing the Tricolor from 2012 to 2018 and with whom he played the world championships in Brazil 2014 (reaching the quarterfinals) and Russia 2018 (round of 16).

About this match, 'El Cucho' Hernández spoke to the Directv program 'Fútbol Total' about the match against Venezuela and said that, “There is always a different touch because it is a final. I think more for them than for us. They risk life and well, if they risk life, we have to do it twice as much, I talk about us because I feel Colombian, as a Colombian I speak like that, with ownership because of course I want us to succeed and I want the National Team to qualify.”

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For many, one of the great surprises in Reinaldo Rueda's call is the absence of Juan Camilo Hernández, a striker who has been standing out in the Premier League. The Colombian coach chose to call Alfredo Morelos, Harold Preciado, Luis Diaz, Luis Muriel. Luis Sinisterra, Luis Suarez, Miguel Angel Borja and Rafael Santos Borre.

'El Cucho' Hernández is one of the most regular players in the starting eleven, he has played 25 matches this season, between Premier League (22), FA Cup (1) and the League Cup (2), he has scored more than 1200 minutes on the court, has scored five scores, against Aston Villa, Manchester City, Arsenal and Southampton, and has also been reported with three assists.

He recently had an outstanding performance against Southampton, where he scored a double and won all the accolades. His coach, Roy Hodgson said at a press conference that, “It's becoming important. He wasn't really thoughtful before he arrived. We have it now and it can win us matches. That's what he's done. His goal for Arsenal and his performance there. His game today was really good.”

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The coach highlighted the double he scored and added that the Colombian, “needs a lot of praise. He's obviously happy. It's really nice when you play as a striker and score two goals for your team to win the game.”

On the other hand, the Colombian National Team will play the two most important matches in recent years, the qualification for the World Cup no longer depends only on the team, but they will have to wait for some results to achieve the quota for the World Cup event in Qatar. Reinaldo Rueda's team arrives beaten after the last results, where they were even booed by fans at the Metropolitano de Barranquilla in the defeat to Peru.

Added to this is the pressure of the absence of a goal in the team, since last September 9, 2021, the Colombian National Team has not made a single score again. The last time was in the 3-1 victory against Chile, since that match, Tricolor has already scored 644 minutes without sending the ball to the back of the net.

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