first cited by Néstor Lorenzo for the Colombian National Team; look at the names

With four players from the BetPlay League, Néstor Lorenzo’s journey as national coach will begin. The Argentine has decided to call four goalkeepers to start the first works of his process, as reported by the FCF through its web portal in a statement that indicates the following.

Official announcement:

“The coaching staff of the Colombia Men’s Senior National Team, headed by technical director Néstor Lorenzo, announces a microcycle of work focused on goalkeepers that will take place at the Sports Headquarters of the Colombian Football Federation in Bogotá.

The work will be led by Alejandro Otamendi, goalkeeper coach of our national team. The microcycle will take place from Monday August 29 to Wednesday 31 of the same month.

These microcycles of work will continue to be done regularly and the goalkeepers of the youth processes of Colombia Selections will be included.

summoned players

• Álvaro Montero – Millonarios FC
• José Luis Chunga – Petroleum Alliance
• Kevin Mier – Atletico Nacional
• William Cuesta – Sports Tolima

A common denominator of all the names mentioned is that all four have had the Colombian National Team process at some point in their professional career, either as seniors or in the minor divisions of the Tricolor, which will make them feel completely adapted to the dynamics of work, however, none of them was in what was Lorenzo’s time as technical assistant to José Néstor Pékerman, It will be necessary to see then among the four which manages to keep the quota of the third goalkeeper, since the places of the first two seem to be occupied by David Ospina and Camilo Vargas, habitually called.

After this announcement, the country is now waiting for the definitive and final call for the first two challenges of the Lorenzo era, which in the calendar already have a stipulated date of September 24 and 27 against Guatemala and Mexico. These matches will serve to see the first tints of work of the new coach, who seeks to return to the Tricolor the good football that characterized him in the orbital events of Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, but which was interrupted with the processes of Queiroz and Rueda.

Now, another of the great challenges of this new Selection will be to renew itself, given that names that have been around for a few years are already on their way out and it is necessary for fresher men to come into consideration. For this reason, the national coach has traveled to Europe in recent weeks to have a close and direct conversation with the footballers who are part of that backbone, almost fixed, but who for reasons of greater weight will have to be absent, such as This is the case of Yerry Mina, whose injury was recently confirmed and could mean around eight weeks for his recovery.

Thus, other names are those that have emerged for Lorenzo’s first summons, such as the goalkeeper of Millionaires, Álvaro Montero, confirmed for micro cycle or the blue steering wheel, Daniel Ruiz; Likewise, the other player on the radar is Kevin Mier from Atlético Nacional, among others on the hidden list that could enter, such as Diego Valoyes, Rafael Carrascal and John Arias, among others. All revealed by ESPN journalist Julián Capera through his YouTube channel.

Friendly matches of the Colombian National Team

Colombia vs. Guatemala

City: New Jersey, United States.

Time: to be defined.

Date: September 24, 2022.

Stadium: Red Bull Arena.

Colombia vs. México

City: Santa Clara, United States.

Time: to be defined.

Date: September 27, 2022.

Estadio: Levi’s Stadium.