Colombia vs Costa Rica Prediction & Betting Tips (29 June)

Minimum quarter-finalist of the last two editions of this Copa America 3rd place in 2021, Colombia wishes to return at least to the last four this year and why not offer itself a 2nd coronation in the competition after that in 2001 at home. For the moment, the adventure is off to a perfect start since although Brazil did not win its J1 and the Colombians got the better of a valiant selection of Paraguay 2-1, thus achieving a 24th match without defeat TCC and a 9th victory of TCC rank. Clearly, the last Colombian defeat now dates back to the qualifying phase of the World Cup in Qatar against Argentina on February 2, 2022. Furthermore, a little reminder concerning the non-qualification of the Tricolor for the last World Cup. It is obvious that James' partners do not intend to miss two world championships in a row and they have started their qualifying campaign perfectly by being, on the one hand undefeated 3 wins, 3 draws, and 3rd behind the successful Uruguayan and Argentinian selections. No one was giving Costa Rica much credit for their opening match against Brazil, but in the end, by playing around and being in sequence capable of bringing danger, they were able to share the points with the Selecao rather boring as Ronaldinho himself announced 0-0.

A draw absolutely not expected by the Costa Ricans who thought they would fight for 2nd place with Colombia and Paraguay. Race results, they can take 1st place tonight if successful. Note that at the start of the month, the former selection of retired international Keylor Navas held Uruguay in check through a 0-0 preparation friendly before winning their two days of qualifying for the next World Cup against extremely weak nations like St. Kitts-Nièves 4-0 and Grenada 0-3.

For this Copa America, the coach decided to do without striker Poveda (Sheffield Wednesday, injured), Cabal (Hellas Verona), Cristian Borja (Braga), midfielders Barrios (Zenit, 57 sel) and Cuadrado ( Inter, 116 sel) and the offensive players Cassierra (Zenit) and Andres Gomez (Real Salt Lake). For the rest, we find an ultra-complete group led by the playmaker who played for AS Monaco or Real Madrid, James Rodriguez (photo), without forgetting to mention the key men of the first success in the competition against the Paraguay, Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace) and Jefferson Lerma (also Palace), both scorers. Very important with the Brazilian club Fluminense, Jhon Arias is also missing from the reigning champion of the Libertadores (last in the Brazilian championship) but the latter was a starter during J1 on the right side, leaving the left side to the crack of the Liverpool Reds, Luis Diaz (8 goals, 5 assists in PL this season). Up front, it was Borre (Internacional) who started against Paraguay while Uribe (Al-Sadd), Cordoba (Krasnodar), Juan Quintero (Racing Club in Argentina) and Castano (Krasnodar) came off the bench. Note the alert around central defender Lucumi (Bologna) who left prematurely due to injury, replaced by a former starter, Yerry Mina (Cagliari).

 There are some absences to deplore from Costa Rica with the now retired Navas (PSG) and the packages of executives Oviedo (81 sel), Gonzalez (90 sel) and midfielder Tejeda (78 sel). Holders against Brazil, Ugalde (Spartak Moscow) and Francisco Calvo (94 sel) both received yellows and are now under threat of suspension. The crucial Aguilera Zamora (Nottingham Forrest) and Alvaro Zamora (Aris Limassol) are in the mix as is the arrow Lassiter (CF Montreal). With his 140 caps, Campbell (27 goals) could well be used as a supersub like against Brazil.