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Colombia vs Venezuela Live Streams and TV Channels
| Country | Channels |
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| United States | Dish Network, DirecTV |
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| Portugal | Sport TV4 |
| Singapore | Starhub |
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Colombia vs Venezuela Delayed and Repeat Broadcasts
| Country | Date/Time (US/Eastern) | Channel |
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| Australia | Fri, Nov 11 22:30pm | Setanta Sports Australia |
| Sun, Nov 13 0:45am | Setanta Sports Australia | |
| Sun, Nov 13 20:45pm | Setanta Sports Australia | |
| Mon, Nov 14 16:30pm | Setanta Sports Australia | |
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Colombia vs Venezuela Match Preview
Despite the absence of Falcao, Colombia are expected to claim the three points when they clash with Venezuela in Barranquilla on Friday.
Falcao Garcia was a late exclusion from the squad
However, Atletico Madrid star, Radamel Falcao Garcia, who scored the late winner against Bolivia, will miss the match after sustaining a muscle injury in a recent training session, when everything indicated that he would start in Colombia's attack. Falcao will be replaced by Jackson Martinez, who plays for Jaguares de Chiapas of Mexico.
Valenciennes midfielder Carlos Sanchez was also in doubt for the match after suffering a knock to his knee, but since then he has recovered and could well start the game from the kick-off.
Despite the absence of Falcao, Leonel Alvarez's side are highly motivated for the match after claming a rare win in Bolivia in the previous round of the qualifiers. However, Colombia can't be overconfident as they are up against an equally motivated Venezuela, who inflicted their first ever defeat upon Argentina in their last game.
Venezuela arrive in Barranquilla on top of their game, and will definitely give Colombia a run for their money. Cesar Farias, the coach of Venezuela, tried to help his players adapt to the hot and humid conditions of Barranquilla by setting up a brief training camp in Maracaibo, a Venezuelan city which has a similar climate.
According to Farias, "The humidity and the high temperatures of Barranquilla are important factors which must be considered," if Venezuela desire to return home with a positive result.
In selecting his starting eleven, Farias has had a couple of doubts due to injuries sustained by certain players. Atletico Bilbao defender Fernando Amorabieta, who scored Venezuela's winner against Argentina, isn't at his one-hundred percent, but his inclusion in the starting eleven will be decided moments before kick-off.
In reference to what can be expected of the match, Farias stated that Colombia "have very explosive players and we have to get used to that and try to counter them in order to acquire positive results." As they proved against Argentina last month, Venezuela have defenders that are capable of stopping the world's best strikers.
The last time Venezuela travelled to Colombia to confront a World Cup qualifying match against the hosts was in November of 2007, when they returned home with a narrow loss.
Colombia vs Venezuela Match Report
Colombia were held to a frustrating draw by Venezuela in a match played under torrential rainfall.
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Colombia couldn't overcome Venezuela at home
Despite torrential rainfall, Colombia started strongly and went ahead in the 11th minute when after a fine interchange of passes, Freddy Guarin sent a long-range missile into the top right hand corner of Renny Vega's goal. Guarin dedicated the goal to Atletico Madrid striker Falcao, who missed the match due to injury.
Venezuela tried to react after conceding the goal, particularly through Cesar Gonzalez and Juan Arango, who both looked very lively. Colombia for that matter intended to double their advantage and would have done so had Vega not kept out goal-bound efforts from Jackson Martinez, Dorlan Pabon and Teofilo Gutierrez.
In the second period, the rainy conditions settled, however, the flooded pitch was very heavy and didn't allow either side to play fast attacking soccer.
Colombia controlled the flow of the match, and they created several opportunities to go further ahead, with Gustavo Bolivar shooting over the bar in the 58th minute, before efforts from Gutierrez and Martinez also came close to finding the back of the net.
However, as the half progressed Venezuela came more and more into the match, and they also created a few decent opportunities to level the score. Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina was kept very busy, due to the aggressiveness of the visitors. Venezuela, who beat Argentina 1-0 last month, looked very dangerous each time they broke on swift counterattacks, especially through key player Arango.
Finally, after much pressure, Frank Feltscher drew Venezuela level in the 78th minute when he pounced on a horrible defensive error from Amaranto Perea to slot past Ospina without any problems.
From that instance, Colombia pushed their men forward in an attempt to score a late winner, but despite the support from the strong 40,000 crowd at the Metropolitano stadium, they failed to beat Vega for a second time.