With the obligation to win, Colombia hosts Bolivia for the last date of South American Qualifiers: time, TV and formations

With the obligation to win to retain the remote chances it still has of qualifying, the Colombian national team hosts Bolivia on Thursday in Barranquilla on the penultimate day of the South American Qualifiers to the World Cup in Qatar.

Those led by Reinaldo Rueda will have to break the seven-match streak in the heats without scoring a goal, since the last time they did so was on the ninth date, on September 9, when they beat Chile 3-1 at the Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez stadium.

Colombia, which is in seventh place in the standings four points behind the quota for the repecha, which is currently occupied by Peru, and five points behind Uruguay, which is in fourth place, will try to focus its game on the attack with a good moment that Luis Díaz live in Liverpool and Luis Sinisterra in Feyenoord. Luis Fernando Muriel, from Atalanta and Luis Suárez, from Granada, also arrive at a positive moment of the season.

On the other hand, they appear in this call and midfielders James Rodríguez and Juan Fernando Quintero are expected to play together, who may have the key to open the door to the creativity that the team lost months ago.

The now eliminated Bolivian team will not be able to count on their captain and historic scorer Marcelo Martins Moreno for this match due to accumulation of yellow cards, so the captaincy will be led by midfielder Moisés Villarroel.

For the coach of La Verde, the Venezuelan César Farías, against Colombia his team is not going to “give anything away” and will play “with the conviction that we can make a great match”. Farías said that the team he will present will be a group of players “with experience” and that, despite the fact that many belong to a new generation of footballers, they already have filming in international matches.

Bolivia, which occupies the second to last place in the tie with 15 points, will close its participation against Brazil, already qualified several days ago, at the Hernando Siles stadium in La Paz, a duel that will also mark Farías's farewell.

POSSIBLE FORMATIONS

Colombia: David Ospina; Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Carlos Cuesta, Davinson Sanchez, Yairo Moreno; Mateus Uribe, Wilmar Barrios, Juan Fernando Quintero, James Rodriguez; Luis Diaz and Luis Fernando Muriel.

Bolivia: Guillermo Viscarra; Marc Enoumba, Luis Haquin, Jairo Quinteros, Jose Sagredo; Franz Gonzales, Moises Villarroel, Ramiro Vaca, Roberto Carlos Fernández; Jaume Cuellar and Bruno Miranda.

TIME: 23:30 GMT (20:30 ARG-URU-CHI/19:30 PAR-VEN-BOL/18:30 COL-PER-ECU-MEX)

TV: DEPORTV

REFEREE: Facundo Tello (ARG)

STADIUM: Metropolitano Roberto Melendez

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