Our prediction for this match:
Romania
Match Time & Date:
26/03/2024
20:15
Prediction: 0-1
Colombia
Metropolitano Stadium (Madrid) will host Tuesday’s warm-up game between Romania and Colombia. The Tricolorii came from behind to share the spoils with Northern Ireland in their first game of 2024 and they will have a mountain to climb against the South American outfit. Gaziantep midfielder Deian Sorescu is widely expected to return to the starting XI, with Vasile Mogos dropping to the bench.
Los Cafeteros, on the other hand, did remarkably well to beat Spain at London Stadium, with Crystal Palace defender Daniel Munoz scoring the only goal of the match. With star players Luis Diaz, James Rodriguez, and Rafael Borre all making the cut, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Nestor Lorenzo’s troops. Even though Romania are undefeated in the previous three meetings with Colombia in all competitions, we are tempted to put our money on the nominal visitors this time out.
Highlighted Player (Duvan Zapata):
Duvan Zapata was born in Cali, Colombia on 1 April, 1991. The 186-cm-tall attacker started his youth career at America de Cali, playing for the club between 2004 and 2008. In 2008 he made his debut for the first team and three years later he scored his first hat-trick for the Colombian outfit, in a 3-2 win over Deportivo Pereira.
In 2011 he signed a loan deal with Estudiantes and he found the net for the Argentine team on his debut against Belgrano. After scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances for Estudiantes, the Colombian striker joined Napoli in 2013, but he failed to establish himself as a first-choice attacker.
On 22 July, 2015 Zapata joined fellow Serie A team Udinese on loan and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances for the Zebrette. Duvan Zapata has 5 caps for Colombia U20 team, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior side.
Highlighted Team (Romania):
Romania were one of just four European sides to take part at the first ever World Cup in 1930, and the team have since achieved respectable results on the international stage, albeit failing to challenge for major trophies.
Led by arguably their best ever footballer Gheorghe Hagi, the Tricolorii narrowly missed out on the semi-finals at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, losing to Sweden on penalties. Romania made a total of seven appearances at the World Cup finals, while qualifying for five European Championship tournaments. The Tricolorii went the farthest in 2000, when they were eliminated by Italy in the quarter-finals.
Tied at the top of the goalscoring charts, Gheorghe Hagi and Adrian Mutu are the only two Romanian footballers to have gained worldwide recognition, but Dorinel Munteanu, Dan Petrescu, Gheorghe Popescu and Viorel Moldovan are also worth mention. Romania play their home games at the Arena National in Bucarest.
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