This is how the Colombia National Team has fared against Bolivia in Barranquilla... the numbers excite the fans

Reinaldo Rueda's team will face those led by Cesar Farías at Roberto Melendez at 6:30 p.m.

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Soccer Football - World Cup - South American Qualifiers - Colombia v Peru - Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez, Barranquilla, Colombia - January 28, 2022 Colombia's Juan Cuadrado with James Rodriguez during the match  REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Soccer Football - World Cup - South American Qualifiers - Colombia v Peru - Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez, Barranquilla, Colombia - January 28, 2022 Colombia's Juan Cuadrado with James Rodriguez during the match REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

The Colombia National Team faces Bolivia on the penultimate date of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers. Reinaldo Rueda's team needs a triumph that will allow them to keep alive the illusions of the World Cup qualification, however, the team's sporting moment is not the best, they add up to seven dates without wanting to score a single goal, the fans have already shown their disagreement because of the bad results and many point to Reinaldo He rolls as the most responsible for the situation.

The match against those led by Cesar Farías is a key match for the Tricolor, a victory could generate that mood that the team so badly needs before facing the Venezuelan National Team of Argentina's José Néstor Pékerman on the last date of the Qualifiers. Two old acquaintances are reunited after almost four years.

The match that will be played at the Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez stadium in the city of Barranquilla will begin at 6.30 p.m. and people are expected to massively accompany the Tricolor players. On the other hand, Bolivia hopes to surprise in Barranquilla to remain excited to qualify for the World Cup.

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The last time they met they drew 1-1 in La Paz. Photo: Conmebol.
These are the matches played by the national teams of Colombia and Bolivia in Barranquilla. Photo: Conmebol.

Although the timing of the Colombian National Team is not the best, the Tricolor has a wide margin of victories over the Bolivian national team in Barranquilla. It is for this reason that, despite the latest results, Reinaldo Rueda's team starts as the big favorite to win the three points. The last time they met was on March 23, 2017 and the match ended with a 1-.0 win with a goal by James Rodriguez.

Colombia 1-0 Bolivia | November 18, 2004 - Goal: Mario Alberto Yepes

Colombia 5-0 Bolivia | March 22, 2013 - Goals: Macnelly Torres, Carlos Valdes, Teofilo Gutierrez, Radamel Falcao and Pablo Armero

Colombia 1-0 Bolivia | March 23, 2017 - Goal: James Rodríguez

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Since the World Cup Qualifiers in Korea and Japan in 2002, the two teams have met eleven times, of which the Colombian National Team has won seven times, they have drawn three times and Bolivia has won on a single occasion, in the 2006 Qualifiers against Germany when at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz, it won 4-0 with goals by Julio Baldivieso and a treble by Joaquín Botero.

In the last 20 years they have met on three more occasions, twice for Copa America and once in a friendly. The first match at the South American contest was held on July 10, 2004 and ended in a triumph for the Tricolor with a goal by Edison Perea. On July 10 they met in Argentina and La Selección Colombia won with a double by Radamel Falcao García. The friendly match took place on August 12, 2010 in La Paz and ended in a 1-1 draw with goals from Carlos Bacca and Roberto Galindo.

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