‘Being champions is the goal’: Jhon Códoba does not hide and aims high with the Colombian National Team in the Copa América

Although Lorenzo was not the only one to confess his aspirations with the Colombian National Team, forward Jhon Córdoba did not hide and spoke clearly, the desire is “be champions.”

The star of Krasnodar Russian, who left a very good impression in his two matches against Spain and Romania of the Fifa friendlies in March, analyzed the National Team and confessed that the group wants to be champions.

“I believe that we go out to play, to win. At this moment we have players not to be afraid of anyone, world-class players and with the national team shirt the level is incredible. Let’s play face to face. “Everyone is preparing to win and we are doing it,” she said in an interview with Snail Radio.

And about the objective he said: “To be champions: We go step by step. That is the goal, but the road is long. I have no doubt that we are up for great things.”

The 31-year-old striker did not hide his excitement at being part of the national team to face the America Cup and reiterated that the group led by DT Nestor Lorenzo It’s for important things.

“I was looking forward to it, I was waiting for this call, thank God it was given to me and I am going to take advantage of it in the best way. Very calmly. It is one of the things that surprises me, the tranquility that is breathed, the friendship, it is incredible. “Everyone enjoys it and they make anyone who arrives feel at home,” said the forward.

And he added: “We are very happy, there have been many people who have supported me in this process, who helped me not to give up, because they knew that this opportunity was going to come, thank God it came and I have tried to make the most of it. The truth is that I have learned to take it easy. There is always the desire to be in the National Team, once you are there, and you see how things are, every player wants to represent his team.”

BesidesJhon Córdoba explained what are the tasks that the DT puts in the Selection and what it can give him: “We haven’t talked. They are the coach’s decisions. He is the one who takes the last word and today it was our turn and he will surely be there at some point. In the last game he asked me to do what I know how to do. My strength is the power and the way I look for the ball in front of the goal and that was what he asked of me.”

“There is always the desire to be in the National Team, once you are there, you see how things are. I was waiting for the call, thank God it was given to me and I will try to take advantage of it in the best way. I believe that there is a good group of people, which is the most important thing when you have a group, in football everything is easier and quality is essential. The good work that has been done is being noticed and we are going to fight. It’s not going to be easy, but we’re up for great things,” added the 31-year-old attacker.

Finally, Cordova touched on the issue of the lack of goals in a team that is undefeated in 21 games (18 of them in the era Nestor Lorenzo) and explained that the important thing is to win.

“These are football things, everyone wants to score, especially as a striker, but whoever scores, let it be to win and let whoever scores. The important thing is to win,” he concluded.