At the pace of Yatra, Colombians pay tribute to their team in El Campín

The El Campín stadium in Bogotá was dyed yellow today and danced to the music of Sebastián Yatra to receive the Colombian national team, which returned to the country after have been eliminated in the second round. World Cup Russia at the hands of England

Fans, dressed in coffee team shirts, filled the stands of the early sports scene and some were wearing posters , as a curious He raised a woman who said: "Pekerman I love you (that was Bacca's goal)", in reference to the goal that canceled the Villarreal striker against England.

A group of soldiers wearing the uniform also arrived at the stage of the tricolor caps and the army, as well as people with Colombian flags, people with painted faces and others with horns in hand to encourage the players.

The selection arrived at around 12.00 local time (1 7.00 GMT) after more than 13 hours of travel from Kazan, the Russian city which was its headquarters in the world .

From the Military Air Transport Command (CATAM), where the charter flight that brought it from Russia, the Colombian delegation begins a journey of more than an hour and a half on along El Dorado Avenue until arriving at El Campin

The first to go down is the coach, Jose Pekerman, who wore the captain's shirt, Falcao García, and he could not not hide the emotion for the reception in the streets of Bogota that the Colombians gave him and his directors.

Meanwhile, Sebastián Yatra jumped on stage and sang his hits "Robarte a beso" and "Traicionera" while the participants recorded and appeared.

After singing "Love", the players and the coaching staff jumped on the court, hide your f on the elimination of the World Cup

In the field, some of the players received masks with their faces and had to escape the people who invaded the field to obtain an autograph or a photo.

Pekerman, who thanked the Colombians for the huge reception

"Thank you all for this reception, to all 50 million Colombians.We are very excited (… ) we can say that we are neither winners nor losers, we are proud of this jersey, "said the Argentine strategist.

The thanks also came from Falcao and Yerry Mina, the great Colombian figure in the World Cup with three goals scored in the same number of games played.

Then some children who were reading letters to their idols, amidst tears, were on stage, and the event ended with the singing of the entire stadium at the unison national anthem . EFE