On Saturday, September 24, will be the long-awaited debut of Néstor Lorenzo as the technical director of the Colombian National Team, when he faces Guatemala, in a friendly match that will be played at the Red Bull Arena in the city of Harrison, New Jersey (United States). .
The Argentine coach will start a new process, with the aim of taking Colombia to a World Cup again: the goal is to qualify for the World Cup in Mexico, the United States and Canada.
A month after his debut, the coach has a wide range of players to include in his first official call. He has seen Colombian soccer matches, knows the most experienced members of the National Team, and is clear about the appearance of new faces abroad.
This is the Colombian National Team, one month after the debut of Néstor Lorenzo:
the experienced
Lorenzo was part of José Pékerman’s coaching staff between 2012 and 2018, for which he knows perfectly the older generation in the Tricolor. In his first call, today Falcao García, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and David Ospina would be almost fixed, who are active and without injuries.
Other players with World Cup experience who could be called up are Dávinson Sánchez, Johan Mojica, Wílmar Barrios, Juan Fernando Quintero, Camilo Vargas, Mateus Uribe, Jefferson Lerma, Miguel Borja and Luis Fernando Muriel.
He may not call them all, but Lorenzo made it clear since he arrived that he hopes to have a base with the footballers who played in the last Qualifier against Qatar 2022.
The locals
One of the main tasks of Lorenzo and his coaching staff in recent weeks has been to follow Colombian football. The members of the Argentine’s work team have been seen monitoring the most outstanding of the League; a rapprochement of some promising figures of the FPC is expected.
MLS Opportunity
Taking advantage of the good moment of the Colombians in the North American league, in addition to the fact that the United States will host Colombia’s first two games (it will also face Mexico on September 29), it is said that Néstor Lorenzo will call at least one player from the MLS: ‘Chicho’ Arango asks for a clue.
And James Rodriguez?
It is one of the main unknowns, since he is injured and Al-Rayyan hopes to have him ready to play in the next few days. The call depends only on the footballer, because if he does not have regularity or good health, it will be difficult for him to be in Lorenzo’s first summons.
