The Colombia sub-20 teamat the head of Hector Cardenaswill have their first two friendlies prior to facing the FIFA World Cup category in Indonesia between May and June 2023. The Colombian Football Federation He reported that Wales and Sweden they will be the rivals of the team coffee grower on March 23 and 26 respectively. These matches will be played in Murcia, Spainin the FIFA date, where the senior team will be on a tour of the Asian continent. The stadium will be Pinatar Arena Football Center in San Pedro del Pinatar.
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The Colombian team qualified for the event after being runners-up in the Copa América Femenina that took place in the country
As for the U-20 team, both will be unprecedented duels. The Tricolor has faced in 23 times European rivals in that category, with a balance of six wins, 10 draws and eight losses. The country with the most duels has been France, with a positive balance of two wins, two draws and one defeat. Besides, 10 goals for and seven against. In the senior team they register two games against SwedenBoth matches ended in a draw.
In the case of Welshhis under-20 team did not qualify for the recent European championship, so he had no opportunity to fight for a place in the world Cup, which they have never classified. His last ranking eurocup of the category was in 1981, when they did not exceed the Group Phase after reaping two victories and one defeat.
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Meanwhile, Sweden has a short history in World Cupshis only classification was in Portugal 1991. There he was drawn in the B Group where he finished third behind Brazil and Mexico. The matches that will be played in March 2023 still do not have a confirmed time and no channel through which they will be broadcast in Colombia.
In it south american championship Under-20 there were two notable absences, being players who have had a process in the Colombian senior team and who play in one of the countries whose leagues are highly competitive, England. Is about Yaser Asprillaan 18-year-old player who is currently part of the watford of the Championshipsecond division., and John Jader Duran19 years old and who, while he was training for the South American, closed his relationship with Aston Villa in the Premier League.
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Both players are expected to be called up for friendly matches in Europe. infobae colombia he asked Hector Cardenas, after the South American sub-20, about the possibility of having these players, despite the fact that the FIFA does not oblige the clubs to release them for the orbital appointment that takes place from May 20 to June 11 and where the team is still waiting for its rivals:
“We are making the arrangements and we hope in the next few days to be able to visit them to personally make the request. Some progress has already been made, but I think that we must go personally to do the management (…) There are several that we have taken into account regarding football abroad, we hope to be able to advance in the dialogues ”.
Likewise, the coach coffee grower could count on players who recently arrived in European football like daniel moon, a new player for Mallorca in Spain, where he will play on loan. The other is, gustavo gate He did his first training sessions with Nuremberg in Germany, after being loaned out by Bayer Leverkusenwho acquired it for a value of approximately two million euros.
The Colombia sub-20 team will have at least four call microcycles prior to defining the 21 players summoned to the FIFA World Cup Indonesia 2023. The draw for the groups will take place towards the end of March, once all the teams classified for the orbital event are known, whose current champion is England and the runner-up Venezuela.
