The Colombian National Team He is advancing with his preparation for the debut in the Copa América in the United States, and his debut will be next Monday, June 24 against Paraguay, in group D.
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Néstor Lorenzo’s National Team arrives at the tournament in a great moment, encouraged by its record of matches, its undefeated record of 23 games, its third place in the standings of the World Cup qualifiers and the good performance of the team.
In the final stretch of their preparation they defeated the United States and Bolivia, two games in which coach Néstor Lorenzo was able to adjust the final details for the debut.
Chilavert hopes for Paraguayan victory
Precisely on their first duel, which will be against Paraguay, Colombia arrives with favoritism, but not confident, since there are always close matches against the Paraguayans.
And a few days before the clash, the one who added spice to the duel was the former Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert, recognized for his controversial style and his spicy statements.
This time, Chilavert sent a message to Colombia and predicted that victory will be for his country’s team, remembering the past.
“Paraguay always beat Colombia in our stage, Paraguay always emerged victorious. This time it will not be the exception, I trust in the quality of players that the National Team has, even though the coach for me does not meet the conditions to be in charge of Paraguay,” he said in dialogue with Radio Nandutí.
In any case, Chilavert was critical of the process carried out by his country’s National Team. “Today Paraguay has lost its identity. Why? Because all the foreign technicians we brought in each had their own defined system; So, the Paraguayan soccer player is lost, he doesn’t know what system to play,” he stated.
Chilavert said that in his “golden” time in the Albirroja team the players lived together “like a family.” “And today I notice statements from Garnero, from Justo Villar (sports director of the national team), who was a soccer player, he was a goalkeeper, and he says that you have to have positivity. I mean, why are you going to blame him? to the people, if the people don’t play? The failure is theirs,” he complained.
In the opinion of the former San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza and Vélez Sarsfield goalkeeper, “Paraguay has good players,” but he warned that “the error is in the system implemented by the coach.”
PABLO ROMERO
SPORTS journalist
With EFE
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