T he Colombian National Team will have this Saturday the last opportunity to test variants and to give some players a break-in, in the friendly against Bolivia in East Hartford, Connecticut.
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That game will close the preparation process of the team led by Argentine Néstor Lorenzo for the great challenge of 2024, the Copa América, which will begin this Thursday.
Colombia comes to this match without losing in the Lorenzo era, with a streak of 22 games without defeats, including the last two of the qualifying round for Qatar 2022, in which the coach was Reinaldo Rueda, and a friendly against Saudi Arabia in which Héctor Cárdenas directed as coach in charge.
The undefeated streak means that Colombia won 17 of those games and tied the other five. The most recent game was the 1-5 win over the host of the Cup, the United States, with scores from Jhon Arias, Santos Borré, Richard Ríos, Jorge Carrascal and Luis Sinisterra.
United States vs. Colombia
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Against the Bolivians, precisely, the current series of matches without losing that the Colombian National Team has begun. It was March 24, 2022, in Barranquilla. The game ended 3-0, with goals from Luis Díaz, Miguel Ángel Borja and Mateus Uribe. All three are in the current squad, although the latter will miss Saturday’s game due to injury.
Luis Díaz (14), in action in Colombia vs. Bolivia in 2022.
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Colombia’s debut is scheduled for June 24, when it faces Paraguay at the NRG Stadium in Houston.
This is what Colombia’s last friendly will look like before the Copa América
The last friendly match in Colombia can be seen on the open signals of the Caracol and RCN channels, holders of the rights to broadcast the National Team’s games.
On the EL TIEMPO portal, you can also follow the development of the match, minute by minute, in addition to the goals, the reactions and the best analysis of the game that closes the preparation for the Copa América.
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