Néstor Lorenzo already has the headquarters of the Colombian National Team, “even if Cuadradito runs out”

At the press conference last Tuesday, June 14, the Argentine Néstor Lorenzo made several things clear for what is to come in his new cycle with the Colombian National Team. The preparation before the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, the topic of references such as James and Falcao, in addition to analyzing the minor divisions and others.

For many, these words were a sign of character in what will be his cycle for the next four years at the helm of the national team. Now, another of the topics that was touched on in said conference was what will be the venue for the qualifying games, taking into account that on the way to Qatar, Barranquilla was not the best fort for the Tricolor.

Lorenzo would have already made a clear decision regarding the home of the National Team. According to what was reported by the renowned journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez, Colombia will not change its venue, ensuring that there is no reason to change it.

“The Federation confirmed to me yesterday that the venue will be Barranquilla and that there is no reason to change it,” assured in his usual program Big words.

Faced with this resounding decision, Vélez He added that the complaints by some players in the squad, such as Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, were not taken into account. It should be noted that the Juventus midfielder assured at the time that Barranquilla “is a difficult place.”

In that order of ideas, the sports analyst harshly criticized these words, and that if he does not accept said place, he should not be summoned. “Do not wear yourself out in controversies about the venue. If Cuadradito is very exhausted by going to Barranquilla, then he should not come back”, he added.

Vélez assured that Barranquilla was not to blame for the Tricolor debacle heading to Qatar 2022. “There we have a paradisiacal and extraordinary place to work, and there is a stadium that has given us many good things. And what did not go well was not the fault of the stadium, the weather, the city or the fans, It was the fault of those who today blame the press and the headquarters. So, easy; don’t come back.”

Lorenzo’s first demand

Now, in the last few hours it was known that the Argentine coach would already have made the first demand to the Colombian Football Federation for the coming months.

As reported by the renowned journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez, the one who was José Pékerman’s assistant asked for “demanding rivals” for the friendlies that are coming before the start of the Conmebol qualifiers. “Don Lorenzo asked that the rivals be demanding… It will no longer be against Guatemala, El Salvador, Kuwait, Bahrain, all that string of chimbo matches that were played to win and say that they had 75% performance, “said Vélez in his usual program big wordss.

In that order of ideas, and according to what was known before his arrival, Colombia would have an upcoming friendly in September and his rival would be the Mexican team, a country that is installed in the Qatar World Cup and is looking for rivals similar to those they will face in group C, along with Argentina, Poland and Saudi Arabia.

“There is a friendly almost confirmed, it is at 80%; it is against Mexico, in September, in San Francisco, United States”, added the sports analyst.

At the press conference last Tuesday, Lorenzo assured that his technical assistant, Luis Amaranto Perea, was present in the last friendly of the Colombian National Team against Arabia, which ended up winning by the slightest difference.

Said duel served the Argentine to land an idea of ​​the game and begin to evaluate possible replacements for future calls, taking into account that, although the referents will not be absent, they could give way to a new litter of players who have been standing out in the Tricolor and in their respective teams.