Borja, the 'angel' of the goal of a Colombia team with the dislike of elimination

Perhaps the biggest flaw of the Colombian team in the South American qualifiers Qatar 2022, which prevented the qualification for the World Cup that will be played later this year, was the lack of goal. Proof of this is the seven-match run without converting, comparable to that experienced by Venezuela between 1997 and 2000, which could only be broken on March 24, facing Bolivia at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium.

Although there were commitments in which the Tricolor generated few goal options, in others it had more than one against the goal, but players like Duván Zapata and Rafael Santos Borré, who received the most confidence from the DT, were not right.

Without further ado, this is the list of those who made the fans vibrate with their scores in this world cup cycle:

He was the best performing midfielder in the national team these qualifiers and the one with the most minutes of play. Of the 20 goals in favor of those led by Reinaldo Rueda, he reported with 4, all in the Barranquilla that he loves so much, not in vain he plays for Junior.

Two of his goals was perhaps the best match of the team in the Rueda era, the 3-1 victory over Chile, on September 9. Despite being the gunner, the one born in Tierralta (Córdoba), has been called for greater regularity to define.

The guajiro, without a doubt, was the Colombian revelation player in these qualifiers, as in his time was James Rodríguez. Serving as a left winger, he scored three times for the coffee growers, most recently in the victory over Bolivia, in which he also attended and was cheered by the public.

The current Liverpool player also excelled in the last Copa America, where he consolidated himself as a scorer along with Lionel Messi, each with four goals. He is the one who has the best present and one of the calls to lead the renewal in the campus.

Who was the best player in Atalanta last season, as well as the Serie A scorer, contributed three goals to Colombia in these qualifiers, in which he was most relevant under the baton of Portuguese Carlos Queiroz. With Rueda he also had opportunities, but fewer calls for calls as a result of his injuries. In fact, Muriel was unable to play in the crucial matches against Peru and Argentina on the January knockout date.

The most recent goal recorded for Muriel dates from June 8, 2020, in the two-goal draw with Argentina in Barranquilla. That day, in a matter of 15 minutes, the Colombians were already down on the scoreboard, but with a goal from Borja on the end they turned it around.

Uribe noted not only for his contribution in containment but also in attack, he scored two goals in these qualifiers, one of them in the 3-0 victory over Peru (in Lima) and the other against Bolivia. James scored two penalty goals, one against Ecuador and one against Venezuela.

Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Roger Martinez, Yerry Mina, Jefferson Lerma, Duvan Zapata and Radamel Falcao Garcia scored the rest of the goals in the Colombia national team in these qualifiers. The one who was most expected was del Toro, given his regularity scoring with Atalanta, although he is currently recovering from an injury to his adductor.

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