With important news, Deportivo Cali welcomes Fortaleza this Wednesday for the Copa Colombia

The second most important tournament in the country returns, because after several updates in the format, the Copa Colombia provides a place for Copa Libertadores, clearly in the previous stages, however, it becomes a longing and objective for several teams. In this case, one of the protagonists returns to the arena, as Deportivo Cali after its terrible season in the national league, seeks to claim its fans in the round of 16 of the cup, for the match against Fortaleza CEIF will have important news and hopes to show them on the pitch.

The sugar team seeks to consolidate its nuts in this important match, as it may become the necessary respite after the elimination of the league, since after placing in the last places in the table, it has no hope of obtaining a qualification to the final phase. At the moment he only hopes to expand his game in Copa Colombia and Copa Conmebol Libertadores, being the only tournaments in which he still has life. In the Copa Colombia he directly qualified for the round of 16 for his positioning in international tournaments, while for Libertadores he won his place after winning his title in December of the previous year.

For its part, Fortaleza CEIF marches stealthily and prudently in the first B, because after 12 games played, it is second in the general standings and seeks to achieve promotion by the end of the year. With six wins, four draws and three losses, the team led by Nelson 'Rolo' Flórez, is approaching the home runs of the first half of the tournament and bets on qualifying. The Bogotá group is known for the particular management of their social networks, catapulting it as 'The King of Twitter', a reason that has made Colombians look at it favorably.

The Verdiblanco arrives with important news for this game and does not skimp on putting his most relevant players on the list, as he will give priority to this cup this week. However, there are two relevant names that have caused controversy in the last week, as rumors emerged from Santiago de Cali about the possible departure of attacker Harold Santiago Mosquera and defender Miguel Nazarit; the steering wheel had not had minutes in recent games and did not appear in calls, while the defender has not had any minutes in the last games and did not appear in calls, while the defender has not been made his debut in the team since his arrival in January.

The cast of Rafael Dudamel would probably replace some players, however, considering that he should not face international tournament this week, he would have the following lineup:

Acevedo, Marsiglia, Nazarit, Tello, Franco, Robles, Camargo, Ramos, Mosquera, Luna and Rodriguez

For their part, the capital would try to be surprised with their usual roster in search of victory as a visitor, as they would ensure the result and achieve a victory against a team from the first division, so, led by Nelson Flórez, they would form the following way:

Gomez, Jimenez, Franco, Rivera, Salazar, Alvarado, Solis, Melendez, Narvaez, Parra and Aladesanmi

The last time these teams met was in 2016, when Fortaleza CEIF remained in the first division. In the last match, the result favored Deportivo Cali, a team that won 2-0 with goals from Argentine Fabián Sambueza and Chocoano José David Lloreda. In total, the two casts have met on four occasions; leaving three wins for Cali and a draw between the two.

José Caldera returns to the cradle that saw him grow, the Cordoba defender flies to Techo, but to play against his previous team, since between 2020 and 2021 he was part of the Bogota squad, prior to his transfer to the Vallecaucano team.

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