The 7 Colombians debuting in Champions and Europa League

This week will begin the first day of the group stages of the Champions League and Europa League, both tournaments with Colombian prominence. Several of ours will have their first appearance in the respective tournament in which their clubs participate, taking into account that some arrive from the qualifying stages, but competitions and different registrations, such as scorers and assists tables, start counting from this date 1.

Of the seven Colombians debuting in European tournaments, four played with the Colombia National Team of the Copa América Brasil 2019 and they come from being part of the tour of the United States, in which the 'tricolor' tied with Brazil (2-2) and Venezuela (0-0).

A Selection figure debuts in Champions

One of the matches that opens the Champions League will have a Colombian on the court. Wilmar Barrios is the undisputed holder in the midfield of the Zenit in St. Petersburg, that this Tuesday, September 16 from 11:55 a.m. (Colombian hour) will visit Lyon at Groupama Stadium by Group G, which are also Benfica and Leipzig. The 25-year-old midfielder, who arrived at the beginning of 2019 to Russian football, already had action with his club internationally, but it was in the last Europa League, in which he played 4 commitments.

Two young people for the dream of UCL

Jhon Janer Lucumí and Carlos Cuesta share squad in the Belgian champion. Genk will debut in the Champions League against the less complicated opponent of his group, because will visit Salzburg in Austria Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in zone E, which they share with the current champion Liverpool and a great Italian like Napoli.

Last season, Genk reached the 16th finals of the Europa League, in which Lucumí played 8 matches, but this time it will be his debut in the most important tournament of clubs of the old continent, as well as Cuesta, who arrived for this campaign from National and after being one of the leaders of the Colombian National Team in the U20 World Cup in Poland .

Two with a candidate in Europa League

The last time Porto was champion of the Europa League was in the 2010/11 edition with three Colombians: Falcao García, Fredy Guarín and James Rodríguez. On this occasion, the 'Dragons' arrive with Matheus Uribe and Luis Díaz, who arrived for this season and quickly won the headline.

The two had participation in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, but Porto was eliminated against Krasnodar. Now the challenge will be the Europa League, where he will receive Young Boys at the Estadio do Dragao on Thursday, September 19 at 2:00 p.m. in a group of Colombians, because there are also Luis Sinisterra with Feyenoord and Alfredo Morelos with Glasgow Rangers.

Bernardo and Sinisterra, with minutes in previous phases

Espanyol and Feyenoord agreed to the UEL group stage after overcoming qualifying rounds. Both Bernardo Espinosa and Luis Sinisterra had action on those commitments, but now it will be the official debut in the group stage for both, as the central has not played European competitions with his previous clubs and the end only went once to the bank in the last edition of the Europa League with the Dutch team.

Both clubs will play Thursday at 2:00 p.m .: Espanyol will receive Ferencváros from Hungary and Feyenoord will visit the Rangers of Alfredo Morelos.