COPA AMERICA 2024 PREVIEW: COLOMBIA

Colombia back in 2022 decided to lay an egg for 7 straight games. Fast forward to 2024 and the team is undefeated for 21 straight games and playing with so much confidence. Have Colombia now emerged as a contender to win the Copa America? Luis Diaz & James Rodriguez are vital to the success of Los Cafeteros.

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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - From disaster to promise!
2:32 - ON FIRE!!!
3:44 - Néstor Lorenzo
4:52 - Lucho the difference
7:05 - Squad
10:45 - Tactics
11:48 - Prediction

[ibrahimdiallo]

That Colombia team in 2014 was amazing. I literally enjoyed watching that team.

[andreazapatarios]

Colombia tierra Querida vamos 💪🏼🇨🇴🥳🌅Cali ..Siloe

[JohnQuinteroL]

Definitely Colombia goes directly to the final, and there everything is posible to win this cup … they deserved…

[TheOnlyTaps]

👊🏿💥 In another universe Quintero was supposed to be the James successor

[ferchocardona]

Great analysis buddy. Keep up the good work.

[AlexyPardo]

Bro my family from Columbia this is the best video ever

[augustofigueroa]

Great explanation of what Colombia is all about. Accurate reading of its talent and potential. Keep it up!

[Luisdiaz]

Bro, I have high hopes on luis diaz for him to take a step up this copa america, and I think colombia will win, and james and diaz are good and varges in goal not ospinia bc varges is doing good right now

[Nelson-Cs]

Grear video man!! Greetings from Colombia

[FroBoy]

I do think we can win but it will be down to the mentality of the squad. Being on such an undefeated streak especially after beating certain countries during said streak is a sign of how well Colombia has come.

Yet Colombia tends to bottle their potential at any tournament due to pressure and poor discipline. Oh and terrible coaching; missing out on the 2022 world cup was ironically the best thing to happen to us because not only did we have justification to get rid of a terrible coach and replace it with a very capable coach, we were able to re-organize our squad and players in a matter that has made us achieve postive results.

[julianfme]

As Colombian, yes. We are on the top 3 favorites. I like what you say... When Colombia dances at the rhythm of Cumbia, they enjoy, and they play amazing. Since Miami is hosting the Copa America, Argentina's Messi is the favorite.

[omarfonseca]

Great content 👍✅✅ very informative.. thank you for sharing

[alecabg]

Hey! I'm only halfway through the video but this is a seriously amazing analysis! I do not think we are favorites to win (In my opinion those are Uruguay and Argentina), however I do think we will be the dark horse of this tournament. Our key matchup will probably be Uruguay either in QF or SF, and if we beat them Im confident we can become champions. Still tho, we are historic for freezing against the giants, so if we can get over those ghosts (and I think we could this time, I can feel it in the air) I think we can be champions.

[richthekid]

He plays with the Best player in the World .. Muhammad Salah He's Colombians Best Player hand down!

[xKVI]

I'm biased, but Lucho is equally important to Colombia NT as James. Match with Spain showed that - they are 2 key players. Yaser is amazing, but when Lucho and James were substituted, Colombia's dominance changed to Romania almost equalizing.
What worries me the most is center forward. To me the best choice is Jhon Cordoba. He seems good but not Falcao's equal. He also has better stats in NT than Duran, who seems like ok choice. Borre and Borja are very average.
So - starting eleven:
Vargas - Munoz, Lucumi, Mina/Sanchez (I prefer Sanchez), Mojica - Rios, Lerma - J.Arias, James, Diaz - hopefully Cordoba.
Predictions - if Colombia will not be wasteful in attack, they can reach final. They have solid defense and midfield if Lucho or James are not injured. Brazil is still finding their mojo. The toughest opponent will be Uruguay. But if Columbia will turn more attacks into goals - reaching final is a reasonable prediction. Whether they will figure out how to be efficient strikers or not, if Columbia will be eliminated it will most likely be in penalty shootout. If Colombia reaches final and:
1) starts scoring more goals, it will be 55% for Argentina (assuming match will be fair from referee side)
2) keeps playing average in attack, it will be 65% for Argenitna.
Ceiling - winning whole tournament, Floor - losing to Uruguay in quarter of semi final.

EDIT - grammar.

[marini]

Colombia is Top 4, we have great players and the ream is in great form. Lorenzo needs to give more minutes to Asprilla, Asprilla should be the 1st or 2nd change.

[recisuser]

The strikers need to light the fire. Borja was in large part responsible for that seven game goal drought that killed their hopes for Qatar. So he couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to make up for that provided he brings his current club form to the Colombia shirt. If not Borja, I can see Cordoba being the guy. He’s also in his prime, he scored a header in the last game and is hungry to catch the attention of the big clubs.

[Wladislav]

The road to the final is tough, but they are a very strong team.

[breal_moni]

Do they win first game vs Paraguay in the copa America I am making a betting parlay and Colombia will be in it let me know please 😅

[acesup]

Colombia can’t beat Uruguay in a neutral site? Lol I don’t even fear them in El Centenario.