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The first confrontation between Colombia and Spain was in Bogotá in 1981 – Reuters
The Colombian team will begin its preparation for the 2024 Copa América against its counterpart from Spain. This match will take place at the Olympic Stadium in London, England, where West Ham United, the current champion of the UEFA Conference League, serves as the home venue.
The match against La Roja will be a litmus test for the coffee team, since since Néstor Lorenzo took over the reins in mid-2022, the Colombian team does not know what it is to lose, so against the world champion in South Africa 2010 , will expose his undefeated record of 19 games.
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The London Stadium is emerging as the ideal setting for this meeting between South Americans and Europeans, which will surely have good attendance, since its capacity is for 65,000 spectators.
The last time Colombia played was in December 2023, obtaining victories in their matches against Venezuela and Mexico, both matches taking place on North American soil.
Prior to these triumphs, the Colombian team had demonstrated its strength in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, achieving important victories against Brazil and Paraguay. These commitments highlight the competitive capacity of the yellow team and its constant search to consolidate itself as one of the strongest teams internationally.
Beyond the result, the match against Spain will serve as a crucial evaluation ahead of the Copa América 2024, which will take place in the United States between June 20 and July 4. It is worth remembering that for this edition of the contest, Lorenzo’s squad is called to be the protagonist due to what was shown in the qualifiers.
The meeting is scheduled for 3:00 pm (Colombian time), on Friday, March 22.
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Colombia drew 2-2 against Spain in its last friendly match played in 2017 – credit EFE
This will be the fourth confrontation between Colombia and Spain, which has won once, while the two remaining matches ended in a draw.
The first duel dates back to July 2, 1981. That match took place at the Nemesio Camacho El Campín and to date it has been the only match between the teams that has been played in South America.
At that time, the Colombian team was led by the legendary Carlos Salvador Bilardo, who five years later would be crowned world champion with Argentina in Mexico 86. The Tricolor had among its ranks footballers such as Pedro Antonio Zape, Francisco Maturana, Norberto Peluffo among others.
The contest at the Coloso de la 57 was tied at one goal with scores from Eduardo Vilarete who scored in the 77th minute, while José Ramón Alexanco made it 1-1 with three left for the Europeans.
The Colombian team will face Spain for the fourth time – FCF credit
On February 2, 2011, the Colombian team will meet Spain again, on that occasion at the legendary Santiago Bernabéu. La Roja was led by Vicente del Bosque, while La Tricolor was commanded by Hernán Darío Bolillo Gómez.
The two teams were going through very different realities, on the one hand, Spain was the brand new champion of the world and Europe. For its part, Colombia had accumulated 12 years of failures that left it out of three consecutive World Cups.
The coffee growers played face to face and made it difficult for the Iberians; However, Colombia was short a cent for the peso and the locals won in the epilogue of the match with a goal from David Silva.
On June 7, 2017, Murcia hosted the third match between Spaniards and Colombians that saw David Silva once again open the scoring after 21 minutes of play. At 39 minutes into the game, Edwin Cardona tied the score after taking advantage of a defensive error and fouling Pepe Reina.
In the complementary part, Colombia got on the scoreboard with a header from Radamel Falcao García; However, Álvaro Morata put the final score at 2-2 in the same way.