Bolivia goes to France to launch a new stage

The Bolivian team undertakes trip this Monday to France, where a new stage will begin with the ultimate objective of qualifying for the World Cup organized by the United States, Mexico and Canada in 2026.

Senegal is the first opponent of the national team, on Saturday, September 24, at the beginning of the era of Argentine coach Gustavo Costas. The match will take place at the La Source stadium, in the city of Orleans, from 1:00 p.m. (Bolivian time). It will be the fifth time that Bolivia has faced a national team from Africa, and the second time that it has faced the Teranga Lions and one of the 32 participants in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Bolivia fell to Senegal 1-2 in March 2002. It was also measured with Cameroon, Egypt and South Africa.

coasts, the 38th that is in front of the Green since he began to compete in international tournaments, in 1926, he is the tenth Argentine coach, counting a couple of interims; The twenty-third foreign coach on a list that includes six Europeans and seventeen South Americans, he will not lead Bolivia this time because he still has a contract in Chile with the Palestinian club.

The national team will be in charge of two of its collaborators, the physical trainer Cristian Argentieri, and the video analyst Gonzalo Costasson of the technical director, with the support of Pablo Daniel Escobar, who is in charge of the U-17 team.

Gonzalo Costas and Argentieri watched matches on dates 16 and 17 of the Professional Division to draw up the first list of the national team, together with Gustavo, advised by Escobar.

The payroll is made up of 58% of players who belong to La Paz teams, 11% to Santa Cruz and 32% militate in foreign clubs. Bolívar is the one that contributes the most: 7 in total; The Strongest and Always Ready, 4 each; Guabirá 2 and Oriente Petrolero 1.

Bolívar: Gabriel Villamil, Diego Bejarano, Luis Haquín, Roberto Carlos Fernández, José Sagredo, Leonel Justiniano and Moisés Villarroel; The Strongest: Guillermo Viscarra, Adrián Jusino, Fernando Saucedo and Jaime Arrascaita; Always Ready: Marc Enoumba, Rodrigo Ramallo, Diego Medina and Carmelo Algarañaz; Guabirá: Jairo Cuéllar and John Jairo Velasco; Oil East: Franz Gonzales. From abroad come Carlos Lampe (Atlético Tucumán, Argentina), Leonardo Zabala (Santos FC, Brazil), Miguel Terceros (Santos FC, Brazil), Bruno Miranda (Guaraní FC, Brazil), Marcelo Martins (Cerro Porteño, Paraguay), Jairo Quinteros (Real Zaragoza, Spain), Ramiro Vaca (Beerschot, Belgium) and Jaume Cuéllar (Lugo, Spain).

The Zabala and Terceros youths, 20 and 18 years old, from Santos from Brazil, and Bruno Miranda, from Guaraní from Campinas, were the first to arrive. They did it on Friday.

Jaume Cuellar, Jairo Quinteros and Ramiro Vaca, who are active in European clubs, join the delegation in Paris.

The Senegal team, which is getting ready to participate in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, has as prominent figures goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and defender Kalidou Koulibaly, from Chelsea (England); midfielder Pape Gueye, Olimpique de Marseille (France); Pape Sarr, Tottenham Hotspur (England) and forwards Keita Baldé, Spartak Moscow (Russia) and Sadio Mané, Bayern Munich (Germany).

The champion of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) is led by coach Aliou Cissénicknamed “the Tactician”, was born in Ziguinchor (Senegal), and spent his entire career between France and England.

Cissé managed to get several French-born join your team: Édouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, Abdou Diallo and Boulaye Dia.