The Colombia national team lost 1-0 against Argentina and moved even further away from the possibility of going to the World Cup Qatar 2022.
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At this moment, the ‘tricolor’, with 17 points, occupies the seventhmy positionn of the leaderboard of the South American qualifier and there are only two games left to play, at the end of March.
Those led by Reinaldo Rueda will have the task of winning both games to maintain the illusion of going to the World Cup in Qatar.
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If this does not happen, the repercussions are not only given in the sports field, but also to economic level.
According to information from the International Federation of Football Association (Fifa), US$1,696 million was the budget general stipulated for the 2022 World Cup.
From there, it is expected that each team that qualifies receive about 2.3% and 30% is distributed in cash prizes for the teams.
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Because, US$10 million would be, on average, the money that Colombia would stop receiving for not qualifying for the World Cup.
Now, if it is not classified, clearly the Colombia selection He will not have the possibility of receiving the money that he received for Russia 2018, when, according to figures published by Bloomberg, he received US$14 million for reaching the round of 16.
Added to this, the losses for Colombian trade would be significant. Fenalco reported that, during the 2014 World Cup, consumer establishments registered sales of $5,000 million.
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*With information from EL TIEMPO
