On Sunday, January 9, The Colombian National Team started the concentration in Barranquilla for the friendly match that will be held on January 16 against Honduras in the Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 5:30 pm Colombian time.
There were 20 footballers summoned by coach Reinaldo Rueda for the meeting and only needed to join the group Juan Fernando Quintero, who recently traveled from China to Colombia and is waiting to close his return to River Plate, that he has not confirmed his signing until the player’s history with Shenzen is closed.
The creative flyer, which is the great reference of this call to measure the Hondurans, He arrived in the capital of the Atlantic this Monday to meet with his colleagues, as Envigado let him see on his social networks by uploading a photo of Quintero himself with Yaser Asprilla, 18-year-old orange club player and one of the great promises of the FPC.
With 30 games played, 4 goals, 5 assists and two World Cups plus three knockouts experienced, Quinteró is the one who will command this group of players who will seek a place in the definitive list for the momentous matches against Peru (January 28) and Argentina (February 1) for the Qualifiers towards the Qatar World Cup.
This same Monday it was confirmed that for the confrontation against the Peruvians that will be played at the Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla, the referee will be Jesús Valenzuela, who will be accompanied by Carlos López (Assistant 1), Jorge Urrego (Assistant 2), Ángel Arteaga (fourth official), Rodolpho Toski (VAR) and Braulio Machado (Assistant VAR).
