The Colombian National Team traveled to Venezuela this Monday afternoon, for the crucial match that it will have against the neighboring country’s team and will define whether it stays out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup or not. However, the arrival of the national team in Puerto Ordaz was overshadowed by the controls of the local authoritieswhich were excessively delayed and delayed the itinerary of the ‘tricolor’.
According to information provided by Colombian reporters in Venezuela, the national delegation was detained for nearly two hours at the airport. The authorities thoroughly checked the luggage of the Selection and also delayed the taking of COVID-19 tests. (See also: Pékerman confessed to being surprised because Colombia can be left without a World Cup)
This way of proceeding on the part of the officials of the Venezuelan airport was suspicious for some and understood by soccer fans as a maneuver to make Colombian players uncomfortable, who were actually upset by what happened.
It was too much time that the athletes had to wait at the air terminal to get on the bus that would take them to the hotel where they will rest tonight. All the members of the National Team are already there and surely they are trying to quickly forget that uncomfortable situation they experienced upon their arrival in Venezuela.
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At the moment, the national team has not referred to it, although reporters at the ‘tricolor’ concentration hotel They pointed out that the discomfort that several soccer players had due to what happened was evident.
In this Tuesday’s game, Colombia will play its qualification for the World Cup. The team led by Reinaldo Rueda must win in Venezuelan territory, something they have not achieved since 1996, and hope that Peru does not defeat Paraguay in Lima. If these two results occur, the National Team will play the playoff for Qatar 2022 with one of three possible teams: Australia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq.
Next, in a video that was known of how delayed the departure of Colombia from the Puerto Ordaz airport was:
Two hours completes @FCFSeleccionCol and nothing that ends the baggage check at the Puerto Ordaz airport. The Venezuelans began to play the game from now on. ???? @pilarvelasquezv pic.twitter.com/Kk0zWYpdM1
— CAMILO PINTO (@camiloapinto) March 29, 2022
