Eight Serie A stars are still in contention to make Colombia’s World Cup squad after surviving Coach Jose Pekerman’s latest cut.
Eight Serie A stars are still in contention to make Colombia’s World Cup squad after surviving Coach Jose Pekerman’s latest cut.
Aquivaldo Mosquera, Elkin Soto and Macnelly Torres have this week been informed that they will not be continuing preparations with the South American side for this summer’s World Cup.
The remaining 26 players who have been preparing in Bogota so far, will now fly out to Argentina where they will join up with the recuperating Radamel Falcao, before a final four are cut to complete the 23-man squad.
Fiorentina’s” data-scaytid=”41″>Fiorentina’s Juan Cuadrado, Atalanta’s” data-scaytid=”43″>Atalanta’s Mario Yepes, Napoli owned Pablo Armero and Juan Zuniga, Milan’s Cristian Zapata, Udinese’s” data-scaytid=”49″>Udinese’s Luis Muriel, Cagliari’s” data-scaytid=”50″>Cagliari’s Victor Ibarbo and Inter’s Fredy Guarin are all still in contention with making it to Brazil.
Provisional Colombia World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Nice), Faryd Mondragon (Deportivo Cali), Camilo Vargas (Santa Fe)
Defenders: Mario Yepes (Atalanta), Cristian Zapata (Milan), Carlos Valdes (San Lorenzo), Amaranto Perea (Cruz Azul), Eder Alvarez Balanta (River Plate), Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven), Camilo Zuniga (Napoli), Pablo Armero (Napoli)
Midfielders: Carlos Sanchez (Elche), Fredy Guarin (Inter Milan), Abel Aguilar (Toulouse), Aldo Leao Ramirez (Morelia), Juan Fernando Quintero (Porto), Victor Ibarbo (Cagliari), James Rodriguez (Monaco), Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Fiorentina), Edwin Valencia (Fluminense), Alexander Mejia (Nacional)
Forwards: Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), Adrian Ramos (Hertha Berlin), Luis Fernando Muriel (Udinese), Teofilo Gutierrez (River Plate), Jackson Martinez (Porto)