New Zealand will face Colombia without six of its starters

Injuries afflict New Zealandfirst rival of Colombia on the FIFA date in November. Your captain Chris Wood He will be one of those absent from the friendly.

Six of the team’s regular starters have physical discomfort. On the initial list were attacker Wodd, the team’s top player, and Tim Payne. Now Liberato Cacace, Callum McCowatt, Alex Paulsen and Ryan Thomas have joined.

“It’s normal for us to lose one or two players to injury, but it’s a shame to lose six regular starters just before two important games.”said coach Darren Bazeley.

Colombia will open the last FIFA date of the year against the oceanic teams in Florida. The rival coach highlighted the conditions of the tricolor ranked 13th in the ranking for its preparation for the World Cup.

“We want to test ourselves in as many situations as possible that we could face at the FIFA World Cup.” and while we always want to have our strongest team available, this will give us the opportunity to see how we face a challenge like this,” he added.

Meanwhile, Néstor Lorenzo had his first training session with the main figures of the National Team. The session had the captain James Rodriguez and the attacker Luis Diazappears with Bayern Munich.

“We are going to play with two teams that are physically strong, very dynamic, intense,” He indicated in statements to Gol Caracol.

When does Colombia play on the November FIFA date?

The duel with New Zealand will be on Saturday, November 15, at Chase Stadium in Florida at 7:00 p.m.

He will face the Australians on Tuesday the 18th at 8 PM at Citi Field in New York.