Every time a list of those called up to the Colombian National Team comes out, since Néstor Lorenzo assumed the technical direction, The debate rages because few players from the local League appear in it.
Except for a couple of microcycles that the Argentine did to watch soccer players from the Colombian championship, participation has been scarce. In fact, in the last call before the Copa América, for the friendlies against the United States and Bolivia, of the 28 members of the team, only one plays in Colombia: Álvaro Montero, Millonarios goalkeeper.
Álvaro Montero, with the National Team.
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Lorenzo had already given his reasons to explain the absence of footballers from the BetPlay League: “We have to ask ourselves what level the Colombian league is at and how far we are going in South American tournaments, in the Copa Libertadores. There are many things that define the reality of the League,” he said in March of this year.
There are only two Colombian teams left in Conmebol tournaments
Meanwhile, Nacional and Águilas Doradas were left out in the previous phases of the Libertadores, in which Millonarios was last in their group. Alianza barely won a game in the Sudamericana and América and Tolima were victims of the system of this tournament, which eliminates clubs from the same country.
Junior stood out for Colombian football in the Copa Libertadores: he advanced to the round of 16.
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Amaranto Perea also puts his finger on the sore spot of the local League
After the performance of the Colombian teams in this first part of the Conmebol tournaments, Colombia’s technical assistant, Amaranto Perea, once again referred to the level of the League.
“Our League has talent, but we have to compare it with those in other leagues. We would like the teams at the international level to have more continuity, that brings the League’s players closer,” declared Perea at a press conference in Washington.
Amaranto Perea, assistant of the Colombian National Team.
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Of the list of 28 players who are in the United States today, two will be left out of the final call for the Copa America, which Lorenzo must announce at the end of next we
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