Tim Vickery

Yeah, well, this is a tough one for the coach because he's gone all over the world, James, without playing at any of the clubs that he plays for.

Recently, he hasn't been playing for Minnesota in the States after not playing for his Mexican club, after not playing in Spain and not playing in Brazil.

but he remains important to Colombia.

Just how important is a big decision for the coach?

It's very, very difficult to line up with Diaz, a central striker, and James.

Really, really difficult to balance that one out.

Now, Colombia had a long unbeaten run, which ended when they lost to Argentina in the final of the Copa America of 24.

After that, they haven't been the same side, but all of their defeats have been just by single goal.

And then in the friendlies at the end of March, they lost to Croatia.

And then they played France.

Now, France had just beaten Brazil.

And for the Colombia game, France put out the reserves.

And they demolished Colombia with an embarrassing ease.

And the final score was 3-1.

Colombia got a consolation goal.

But it was 3-0 early.

And the gulf between the sides was like 7 or 8.

It was just a massacre.

And Colombia came out to play.

But with two strikers and a 10.