Eleven soccer players of the Colombian team arrive warned to the duel against Venezuela; However, accumulated yellow are deleted after the tie and do not affect the debut in the 2026 World Cup.
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Colombia's selection reaches the closing of Qualifying With the peace of mind of having your ticket insured to World Cup 2026. 3-0 over Bolivia in Barranquilla He closed any calculation and left Nestor Lorenzo's team with 25 points, among the direct classified to the orbital appointment.
However, this Tuesday's duel in Maturín against Venezuela is not a simple procedure: there are pending accounts and risks to look sideways.
Colombia arrives with 12 players with a yellow. The list includes Camilo Vargas, Andrés Román, Davidson Sánchez, Jhon Lucumí, Johan Mojica, Yerson Mosquera, Juan Carlos Portilla, Jorge Carrascal, Richard Ríos, Jhon Arias, Jaminton Campaz and Jhon Córdoba. That is, several pieces that have had prominence throughout the tie and that could be decisive in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Although the football players arrive by accumulated yellow card, the FIFA establishes in its disciplinary code that all the reprimands are erased at the end of the qualifying phase. That is, no player will be suspended by accumulation for the final phase of the World Cup.
The only sanction scenario for the United States, Mexico and Canada would be a red card. Whether for double warning or direct expulsion, the punishment would move to the tournament, which would force the offender to lose at least one World Cup match. In the case of Colombia, the only expulsion on the whole way was that of Camilo Vargas against Uruguay in Barranquilla.
As for the disciplinary balance, the tricolor accumulates 35 yellow in the tie, a figure that places it in the fourth place of the table next to Paraguay. Venezuela leads this item with 42 cards, while Ecuador is the team with less reprimands (19). In Rojas, Bolivia heads with five and Uruguay, curiously, he did not suffer any.
The Argentine coach insists on the need to “maintain seriousness” and not distort the competition, although the panorama also opens the possibility of rehearsing.
In fact, news is foreseen in the titular payroll, with Juan Fernando Quintero winning ground in the face of the physical discomfort of James Rodríguezand with the returns of Daniel Muñoz and Kevin Castaño after complying with a sanction date.
Colombia, who does not want to give advantages even in matches where the obligation to win is lower, faces a qualifying closure with double mission: to end with dignity a solid campaign and, at the same time, prevent the cards from conditioning the start of the World Cup.
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