Reinaldo Rueda will have to appeal to an unprecedented pair of central defenders for the duel he will hold Colombia this Thursday in front of Chile, in the closing of the triple date of the month of September in the South American qualifier for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The match, corresponding to the tenth day of the qualifying round, will be played at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium, from 6 pm.
The loss of Dávinson Sánchez, due to the accumulation of yellow cards, does not take the national coach by surprise, who, regardless of the suspension, already knew that he would not have the player for the commitment against La Roja, because his club, Tottenham, demanded the return of the center after the front game Paraguay, so that he could make the required quarantine on time when he arrived in England and not miss so many games with the ‘Spurs’.
Knowing he wouldn’t play in front Chile, Dávinson sought to be cautioned in this last game to arrive net of cards in the next triple date of the Qualifier, scheduled for October.
The question now is: what will be his replacement? The options managed by Roda are four: Carlos Costa, Stefan Medina, William Tesillo and Andrés Llinas.