Colombia

Around 4:00 pm (Colombian time), 5:00 pm (Venezuelan time), the ball will roll at the Pedro Ludovico Olympic Stadium in the city of Goiânia. After their corresponding debuts in the tournament, the Venezuelan national teams, which came from being beaten by the hosts, and the Colombian national team, which beat Ecuador by the minimum, they will meet in a duel that has all the references of a regional classic from the northern part of the South American subcontinent.

In this way, with different realities both due to recent results and their performance in recent years, both teams arrive in Goiani territory with the premise of savoring a significant triumph looking forward to his future aspirations in the cup.

And if the goal is to pack all three points in your bag, these two sets have important tools that can go a long way toward accomplishing your mission. This time we refer to two men who represent a stronghold in each team; two highly experienced midfielders with differential talents that give each of their teams an enriching level in an area of ​​the field with a high percentage of influence.

Mateus Uribe, the ‘box to box’ of the ‘coffee growers’

Full name: Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa
Age: 27 years old (March 21, 1991)
Nationality: Colombian (Medellín, Antioquia)
Position: Midfielder
Actual team: FC Porto (Portugal)

Trajectory: 386 games played, 57 goals, 17 assists

Deportivo Español (Argentina, 2010-12), Envigado FC (Colombia, 2012-15), Deportes Tolima (Colombia, 2015-16), Atlético Nacional (2016-17), Club América (2017-19), FC Porto (2019 – Present)

International experience – 31 games played, 4 goals

Colombian soccer team 2017 – present
Debut: January 26, 2017 vs Brazil

Game Features:

The 30-year-old paisa, with extensive experience both in America and in Europe, has earned his position as a starter in the Colombian national team based on what he demonstrated in his time in football on the American continent as well as with his conversion into Portuguese football and his high-level experiences in both the Copa Libertadores, the Champions League and the World Cup, among others.

Presenting himself in his first clubs as a mixed player with a widely offensive cut, Uribe has been noted for his power and physical capacity that give a high rhythm to the play of his teams. His ability to uncheck makes Mateus not fixate on a specific place on the field, but manages throughout the 90 minutes to be present in both the lower and upper zones, exercising defensive cutting functions and imparting dynamic and explosive play in attack plays.

Something very outstanding of number 15 of the selection coffee maker It is how he resolves under the pressure of the rival. His ball mastery and driving virtue, mixed together with the execution of long passes through orientation changes, and short passes that rearrange and give thought time for the elaboration of the play are very important for the consolidation of the playing style of the coffee growers.

Initially located as an interior, it takes advantage of the accompaniment of its rear companions to launch the attack and occupy the natural hitch space, an area of ​​the field that, depending on the play and the disposition of the rival, takes advantage of either to drive as close to the area, to open spaces with forward and open passes, or to finish off the goal taking advantage of its great shooting capacity both in power and in placement.

Likewise, taking advantage of their physical conditions, it is common to see him from behind the ball line in the opponent’s possession, occupying blocking spaces and executing pressure plays either individually or in the company of another player.

Both in Porto and in the national team, Mateus He manages to lean back to the line and support both the side as an exit function, as well as the attacker in plays closer to the rival goal. From that same position, the Antioquia midfielder achieves centralize the ball based on his great passing ability and constant reading of the play, especially in the company of the wingers that lag behind or the forwards who are fulfilling pivoting tasks.

For this reason, Mateus Uribe has managed to gain an important position after his arrival at the most important club in Portugal for two seasons, and his constant participation in the Colombian national team since his debut in 2017. Experience in major tournaments and his perseverance in their teams they put it as a inevitable in the Colombian team, and especially in this new stage with Reinaldo Rueda as helmsman of the yellow boat.

Junior Moreno, versatility in the midst of the crisis ‘Red wine‘

Full name: Junior Leonardo Moreno Borrero
Age: 27 years old (July 20, 1993)
Nationality: Venezuelan (San Cristobal, Táchira State)
Position: Midfielder
Actual team: DC United (USA)

Trajectory – 161 games played, 3 goals, 11 assists

Deportivo Lara (Venezuela, 2012-2015); Zulia FC (Venezuela, 2015-2017); DC United (United States, 2018 – present)

International experience – 27 games played, 1 goal

Venezuelan soccer team (2017 – present)
Debut: June 3, 2017 vs. United States

Game Features:

Since his debut with Deportivo Lara in 2012, Moreno has shown a great compendium of qualities that have led him to international football and to be one of the important players within the national team. Red wine. His good technique in the medium distance shot, his position on the field, his physical speed and decision, are some of the virtues of the 27-year-old midfielder who has established himself in MLS football.

Something very showy and quite essential in his game are the covers plugging spaces of possible filtration of the balloon (zonal marking), as well as being a kind of stopper in the midfield, anticipating dangerous actions from the rival.

He has a very good disposition when executing passes that allow him to give immediate continuity to the play, most of the cases being played at the first touch, printing speed and avoiding cutting the rhythm of the action. Its location in the middle of the field gives it a peripheral vision, understanding the position of the players behind it and having a wide space facing the rival goal.

In addition to occupying the entire team’s midline, andmaking positional unchecks based on rotation and staggering towards defense or attack according to the plays that mark the specific moment of the match; which highlights him as a participatory player throughout the entire field, being in some plays a man more in recovery and support at the start. In terms of attack, his mixed vocation places him as one more piece in the offensive clean and jerk of his team.

Able to release rival pressure from long passes that manage to skip several lines of the opposing team, speeding up the game and avoiding causing losses in areas of influence in the face of the goal defended by his goalkeeper.

Both in DC United and in the Venezuelan national team it is very common to see Junior Moreno being support in the defensive back of his team, reaching five or up to six men in defense with the presence of San Cristóbal in that first line of the eleventh.

And in the same way as he is delayed, he also has the freedom and the ability to be a vital multifunctional in the attack of his team, getting to participate as a pivot or even on the wings, giving facilities to his teammates to organize dangerous plays, always acting as a castling function and a slight receiver within the gear that can be executed on the borders of the opponent’s area.

In conclusion, Venezuela has a very interesting player who should be used on a recurring basis according to what is shown in his club. His mixed profile can become a help wheel for coach Peseiro’s team, which urgently requires someone to take the reins of the team Creole after the absence of its captain Tomás Rincón, a loss that greatly weakened the national team’s midfield.