Falcao makes a radical decision with Colombia ahead of the 2026 World Cup

With the end of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, many concerns are beginning to arise in the world of football with the future of some footballers ahead of the next orbital event. players like Lionel Messi, Luka Modric, Neymar, among others, signed their last orbital appointment in their sports career, opening the door to the new generation.

On the other hand, there were other players who did not play in the World Cup and many will not be able to play it again. In this order of ideas, the name of the Colombian Radamel Falcao García appears on the radar, because for many, the Tiger will not play an orbital appointment again since his age does not allow it.

Falcao has only disputed a single World Cup with Colombia (Russia 2018), and managed to leave his scoring mark with a score in the duel with Poland in the group stage.

Under this scenario, the future of the Colombian National Team begins to point to what will be the classification for the year 2026. Professor Néstor Lorenzo has appealed to the vast experience of players like Falcao to centralize a game plan and get the ticket to the orbital appointment to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

won’t give up

For this, many have given Falcao as discarded, because for that tournament he will be 40 years old. However, from his environment they do not see it that way. Silvano Espíndola, Radamel Falcao’s first agent and his personal friend, assured in a conversation with Caracol Radio that the forward will not give up and has the dream of playing in the next World Cup.

“Falcao dreams of playing in the next World Cup, so hold on. It can be said that there are better players or with a better present, but it is very difficult supplant the hierarchy and when you have a player like that, they need each other positive leaders in the groups and more when you have young people as good as the ones you have or are going to leave”, he said.

Espíndola highlighted Falcao’s discipline to maintain his physical condition and continue fighting in the football elite, something that opens the door to be excited to see him in 2026. “I was with Falcao in Madrid and he is putting on the pants that loosen up his legs so that circulation flows, he eats what he has to eat, it is 1:30 pm and he goes to sleep for an hour and a half, they are players who are going to arrive at the 38 years with privileged physical and very well cared for. Modric, has a 28-year-old physique. When Falcao He is on vacation, his only irregular way out is to my house to eat a barbecue,” he added.

What does Lawrence say?

“I want the renewal to be natural and constant”, said the Argentine strategist in an interview with ESPN, talking about the plans he has for the year 2023, in which the Qualifiers will probably start with a new format, taking into account that there will be more places in dispute. “The player who stands out buys a quota for the National Team, but the adaptation and assimilation of a young player is always easier with experienced players to guide him,” he explains.

That is why Falcao and James are a fundamental part for Lorenzo and he will continue to call them for future calls, as long as they add minutes in their clubs. “I preach that from the first moment and maybe that’s why I was criticized. I think that the big players are very important and the National Team needs them to lead the way, ”he said.

The main thing for Lorenzo is that the young players shield themselves from the pressure and “dedicate themselves to their own thing”, that is, to show the talent for which they made the leap abroad and “not that they are responsible for everything”.