Four reasons for the Colombian team’s failure in qualifying against Qatar

There is no reason or single culprit for Colombia’s failure in its desire to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Here are a few:

The lack of purpose: not scoring a dismal goal in seven consecutive games is too much. The National Team was only one point behind Peru. In that long drought it was possible to get more than one victory, but impossible without goals. The irregularity of the qualifiers left the national team with resistance and options despite such an unfavorable streak. There was no fixed, undisputed goalscorer in all of qualifying.

Very conservative: The national team was almost always defensive and not at all risky in its approaches under the command of Reinaldo Rueda. In many matches there was conformity with a draw if there was a chance of victory, such as in the visits against Paraguay and Bolivia for example. But there was also an excess of precautions locally.

Bad selection: The directors were unsuccessful in hiring Carlos Queiroz, who knew little about Colombian football and proclaimed a playing style that he didn’t like. His football was more reactive than proactive. It also failed to hire Rueda as his replacement. According to the journalists who supported his return, he would reportedly restore Colombia’s radiance and identity. Neither one nor the other.

Boring players: James Rodríguez, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Radamel Falcao García, protagonists of the José Pékerman era, are in decline. Only Luis Díaz came with a superlative level in the elite. There are young people who look good, but they are just starting their phase in the national team. Many footballers were urged that they didn’t have the best gift, that they weren’t in the vaunted 500% Rueda called for not calling James in the first place.