The Colombian National Major League Soccer Team Sends an Invitation to the Under-20 World Cup

Hugo Rodallega, Freddy Guarín, Leonel Álvarez, members of the Colombian National soccer team, joined by Luis Bedoya, President of the Colombian Soccer Federation, became part of the international Under-20 FIFA Soccer World Cup promotion campaign carried out by PROCOLOMBIA.

During the act of delivery of the National Pavillion by the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, to the players of the Colombian National Team who will participate in the America’s Cup in Argentina, the players and technical group invited fans throughout the world to live the Under-20 celebration in our country.

“Colombia is a very beautiful country and there are so many different places to recommend that I couldn’t just limit myself to one. All of them are worth visiting”, said Freddy Guarin, Porto de Portugal and Colombian National Team player.

Other soccer celebrities invited tourists to come and visit the country during FIFA’s second most important tournament in the world, to be held in eight Colombian cities from July 29th through August 20th. “

All Colombians are going to come together for this soccer championship to become the best in the history of the world", said President Santos.

Hugo Rodallega took advantage of the opportunity to invite all Colombians to follow the national team during its performance at the America’s Cup 2011 in Argentina. “We hope to have all your support and to be able to give a good performance”, he said.

PROCOLOMBIA has undertaken the international promotion of the Under-20 World Cup. As part of its strategy, it has arranged tours around Latin America to promote the country’s tourism destinations, invited international journalists and, as of this weekend, it has begun an ad campaign on international TV channels to invite all soccer fans to live the Under-20 FIFA World Cup in the country.

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