Falcao García returns to the call of the Colombia Selection. Reinaldo Rueda will have him for the first time in his group, as he considers him a leader with a lot of ancestry within his teammates.
The ‘Tiger’ is Colombia’s top scorer in history, and has enough experience to lend a hand when they need it, like this Thursday in La Pau, in the match against Bolivia for the 2022 Qualifiers in Qatar.
Against Bolivia, Falcao has a good history, Being a starter, or entering as a substitute, usually punishes this rival.
Here are some details of Radamel Falcao García’s duels against the Bolivian team:
1- Bolivia is one of the teams to which Falcao has scored the most goals. Next to Chile, they are their favorite prey. There are already 4 annotations to those on the plateau.
2- Falcao gave him the first victory in the history of the Qualifying Round in Colombia in La Paz. It was October 11, 2011 (almost 10 years ago), when he came in at 78 minutes and scored the final 1-2 at 90 + 3 ‘.
3- It is a simple curiosity: the times that Falcao faced Bolivia being in a club of Spain, marked goal to him. Before with Atlético de Madrid; now he could face it without being announced in Rayo Vallecano.
4- The ‘Tiger’ has scored 3 doubles with Selección Colombia. The first was precisely in Bolivia, in the Copa America 2011 (2-0 won the National Team). The others were scored in Paraguay (2014 Qualifier) and Bahrain (2015 friendly).
5- Why didn’t you score in Bolivia in friendlies? Because the last friendly game was in 2010 and Falcao was not called up. For eleven years there have been no preparation matches between these two teams.