South American Qualifiers: Argentina vs Colombia
At 7:30 Beijing time on February 2, 2022, there will be a South American qualifier, when Argentina will play against Colombia. Argentina is currently ranked 5th in the world, the team has achieved good results in this South American qualifier, achieved an unbeaten record of 9 wins and 5 draws, ranked second in the standings with 32 points, and has now obtained a place to enter the World Cup in advance. Argentina is basically in a lively state in the rest of the qualifiers, and even if it has the desire to win, it is mainly based on training new people. It is worth noting that even if the substitute lineup plays, the strength is still not to be underestimated.
Argentina's last match against Chile showed that the team sent a semi-main line-up, using a 4-3-3 formation, with Di Maria, Martinez and Gonzalez as the forwards, and the first two people scored for the team in this game, and finally won 2-1. Although the team won the victory, but the possession rate on the field was only 40%, 7 shots on goal and 5 shots on target, it can also be seen that the team is not strong.
Colombia is currently ranked 16th in the world, in this South American qualifier, the team's record showed a "convex" trend, which once maintained an unbeaten record of 8 games, but as the schedule deepened, the team's performance gradually declined, currently ranking 6th with 17 points, the qualifying situation can be said to be very severe. Fortunately, at present, it is not much different from Peru and Uruguay, which rank 4th and 5th in front of them, and if these 2 teams are not careful, Colombia still has a chance to impact the qualifying quota.
Colombia played against Peru in the last game, although the team had the advantage in the scene, the possession rate was 69%, 12 shots on goal and 2 shots, the number of shots was 6 times that of the opponent, but it was not as good as the opponent in terms of grasping the opportunity to play, at the end of the game, it was successfully scored by the opponent, and finally lost to the opponent 0-1, this loss led to the team facing great pressure, if the team could not grab points from Argentina in this game, I am afraid that the team will not be able to qualify for the Qatar World Cup.
In terms of past matches between the two teams, Argentina has played against Colombia in the past 10 times, achieving 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, and the past performance can be said to have taken advantage. In terms of recent situation, although Argentina has recently played in the semi-main lineup, it still has a certain competitiveness in terms of strength, but the war intention is indeed not high; and Colombia is already facing a backwater battle, and the opportunity to qualify not only needs to be grasped by itself, but also depends on the face of the team in front of it. Judging from the current attitude of all parties, Argentina has not been given strong support, and There is still a certain chance for Colombia to grab points in this battle.