“Call for Eli Minados” and other memes after Colombia leaves the road to Qatar 2022

There were only two paths for the Colombia team in order to have aspirations to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: to win in Venezuela against the 'Vinotinto' and to wait for Peru to draw or lose to Paraguay. However, Gianluca Lapadula opened the scoring at the National Stadium in Lima 5 minutes into the first half, gradually stoning the Colombian fans' hopes of seeing the national team at least in the repesca.

With their eyes on Puerto Ordaz, millions of Colombians saw the failures being made from the defense, and despite the goal scored by James Rodríguez from the point of maximum penalty, there were many doubts in the defensive zone, as the Venezuelan forward threatened several times to score in the first half.

However, despite the tension generated by both Colombia-Venezuela and Peru's 2-0 against Paraguay, the memes were not lacking, nor were the criticisms of several players in the squad led by Reinaldo Rueda and the same leadership of the Colombian Football Federation.

As expected, the eternal templates of The Simpsons were squeezed:

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There was also no shortage of reactions on Twitter; there several were dispatched against several players of the national team, starting with Davinson Sánchez, who had doubts again in the first quarter of the court. They even compared his help to that of Gustavo Bolivar towards Francia Márquez, which generated controversy because he was accused of racism towards the candidate.

There was also no lack of dusting the album from the individual errors that caused the national team to lose points in the qualifying rounds. Duván Zapata's missed goal against Uruguay at Centenario stadium; Valoyes' failed play against Paraguay at the Metropolitano stadium against Paraguay and the goal that David Opsina 'ate' on his stick against Peru were remembered by many users on Twitter.

One of the figures of the match was Wilker Faríñez, who saved about 3 clear goal chances in the first half and even covered the penalty against James Rodríguez in the first shot. He was possessed by the spirit of Manuel Neuer, some said.

Talking about James' goal in Puerto Ordaz, that's how the celebration felt, because while Al-Rayan's steering wheel opened the score, in Lima the Peruvian team was preparing the party because their team was up on the scoreboard 2-0 against the 'albirroja'.

Celebration in the best style of Ricardo 'Caballo' Márquez against America in Cali.

The Colombia team was one point away from entering the repechage zone

Despite doing the task in Puerto Ordaz against the team led by José Néstor Pékerman, the 'Tricolor' could not enter fifth place, leaving one from Peru who, with the victory against Paraguay, ended up in the repechage with 24 points.

Another result that favored Colombia was a defeat by Chile against Uruguay, a result that occurred, as the celeste won away from home 2-0 with scores by Luis Suárez and Federico Valverde. Thus, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay qualified for the Qatar World Cup directly, while those led by Ricardo Gareca will have to wait for a rival that will come out of the match between Australia and Saudi Arabia.

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