Although Colombia will not be at the World Cup, the athlete represented our country at the event.
Colombia News.
In the draw for the Qatar 2020 World Cup, the Colombian National Team was not one of the 32 teams that will compete for the most coveted trophy on the planet: The World Cup.
Despite his absence, which hurts all Colombian soccer lovers, a compatriot did participate in the ceremony.
This is Sebastián Ortíz Hernández, better known as ‘Boyka Ortíz’, a young paisa who was part of the ‘freestyle’ show at the event held this Friday in the city of Doha.
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The runner-up in the freestyle modality in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2018, which consists of dominating the ball by doing tricks and other tricks with the ball, shone with his performance on the stage of the Exhibition and Congress Center of the capital of Qatar.
Through his social networks, ‘Boyka’ demonstrated his skill with ‘the freckled one’, which has been tied to his life for more than 14 years when the level of players like Ronaldinho impressed him.
the talented, ex player football, wore a blue outfit with white socks. Here doing his tricks with the ball, next to the representative of Qatar.
It should be remembered that FIFA invited the best ‘freestylers’ on the planet to be part of the special show during the opening of the draw for the 2022 Soccer World Cup.
‘Boyka’ was alongside other talents from different countries such as Russia, the United States, Poland, Kazakhstan and London.
Before the event began, the young Colombian spoke about what his presentation would be.
He said that he had been doing the rehearsals for a week and that he trained four hours a day so that everything turned out “brutal”.
“There will be the Colombian flag at the top,” he stressed.
“Being here is something epic.” Sebastián «Boyka» Ortiz, from Doha, Qatar. pic.twitter.com/SSzI25jrfg
— tiagoaristi (@tiagoaristi) April 1, 2022
‘Boyka’, a Bulgarian name, is from Comuna 15 of Guayabal, Medellín and as a curious fact throughout his career he has won 10 consecutive national titles.
Cover photo: @boykaortiz
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