The Colombian player with the best presence in football on the Old Continent, and who is also close to playing his first Champions League final, is back in action this Saturday. ANDLuis Díaz’s Liverpool plays from 6:30 am once morest Newcastle, in a game valid for the Premier League.
After the 2-0 victory once morest Villareal in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, the Reds will play an important game at St. James’ Park due to the hand-to-hand fight they have with Manchester City looking for the next Premier champion.
In 2022, Newcastle and Liverpool are the two teams that have scored the most points in England. This shows the good present of both teams and the difficult test that Jürgen Klopp will have to keep the three points.
The German coach, who renewed his contract until 2026 with Anfield, before this match stated that the Brazilian attacker Roberto Firmino will be absent once more due to his physical problem, which opens a door for the Barrancas-born to be a starter .
Liverpool is second in the standings with 79 points, one behind leader Manchester City, while its rival is ninth with 43 points. Of these, 28 units were achieved in the last 13 games and he has four consecutive victories.
Manchester City will also participate this Saturday (11:30 am) facing Leeds as a visitor, which is in 16th position and is fighting to stay in the First Division.
Another of the Colombians who will perform in the Premier will be Juan Camilo “Cucho” Hernández, who with Watford will face Burnley at Vicarage Road starting at 9:00 am
The team from Pereira is located in box 19 and requires the three points to continue with the hope of not descending to the Championship (B tournament in England).
Will Ospina renew?
On the other hand, one of the referents of the Colombian National Team and who completes 296 games played in top European leagues (Serie A, Premier League and French League), David Ospina, is news prior to this Saturday’s commitment for the Italian championship (8:00 am) between his club, Napoli, and Sassuolo.
European media mention that his team has not yet made him a proposal for his renewal, and the Georgian goalkeeper Khvicha Kvaratskhelia would be very close to reaching the Neapolitan team.
According to the newspaper CalcioMercato, “David Ospina’s contract is regarding to expire and Alex Meret has one more year, but he is not convincing and so Napoli has activated the goalkeeper market.”
Given this situation, the 33-year-old goalkeeper would be analyzing proposals from other clubs, including Atalanta and Inter Milan, which, it is said, would have the intention of adding him to their squads.
Napoli is third in Serie A with 67 points and is in qualifying positions for the next Champions League. The first in the competition is Milan with 74 units, two less than its closest rival, its rival, Inter.
Meanwhile, this Friday one of the players who was part of the last process of the Colombian National Team, Daniel Muñoz, scored with Genk from Belgium.
The man from Antioquia scored the first goal for his team in his club’s 4-2 victory once morest Mecehelen, in that country’s League. The winger adds four goals in the current 2021-22 season