The Colombian team added its second loss in a row in the qualifiers against Ecuador, which with a goal from Enner Valencia was enough to take the three points from Barranquilla and complicate things for Néstor Lorenzo's team.
With this result, the coffee team was left with 19 points and will have to recover the lost ground in its next outings against Brazil as a visitor and Paraguay in Barranquilla.
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After a first round in which they added 16 points, the Colombian team entered a football slump that was evident in the last four games, in which they only added three points out of a possible 12.
His last celebration was against Chile on October 15. Prior to the game against the Australs in The Sandy, Colombia fell on its visit to Bolivia, which took the coffee growers' undefeated record in qualifying in El Alto.
On the 12th, they lost an incredible match against Uruguay, which they won in the last minute. The truth is that it is not the first time that the Tricolor has not lowered its performance in the second round of the qualifying rounds, since since the current format was implemented, it has been difficult for it to maintain the pace.
In the first round, the team led by Hernán Darío Gómez added 15 points, which allowed them to close in first position; nevertheless, In the second round he added 11 points, since he went several days without adding three. Finally, Colombia qualified in third position for the World Cup on French soil.
In the first round, with Chiqui García, Colombia added 14 points, while in the second round it added 13 unitswhich condemned the Tricolor, which failed to qualify for the fourth consecutive World Cup.
It was Colombia's worst first round in a World Cup qualifier. In the first round he added nine points, while in the second he achieved 15 units, which were not enough, since for the second consecutive time he was left out of the world championship by occupying sixth position.
As with Germany 2006, the Colombian team had a weak start, only adding 10 points in the first round and 13 in the second, which left it in seventh position with no chance of qualifying for the World Cup.
After 16 years, the Colombian team managed to qualify for a world cup. In the first round, those led by José Néstor Pekerman added 16 points, and 14 in the second round, which left them in second place with 30 points.
Colombia qualified for the orbital event with 27 points, 16 of them achieved in the first round. However, in the second round the Tricolor added 11 to be in fourth place in the standings.
The coffee team was left out of the Middle East World Cup by occupying sixth position with 23 units. In this tie, the Colombian team lasted seven games without scoring a goal, accumulating 11 points in the first round and 12 in the second.
Colombia will have to improve its performance if it wants to return to a World Cup event. The next matches against Brazil and Paraguay, which will be played in March 2025, will mark the destiny of the coffee growers, who have never defeated the five-time champion on their field, while they have not beaten the Guaraníes since October 12, 2012 when They won 2-0 with a double from Radamel Falcao García.
The remaining matches for the qualifiers for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, the Tricolor lost 2-1 and tied without goals.
