Nestor Lorenzo He already had his first week of work with the Colombia selection, with a group of players that caused controversy when it was announced, especially due to the presence of James Rodriguez on the 26-player roster.
But Lorenzo has tried to put that discussion aside and begin to amalgamate that mix between the young people who ask for a track and the base that managed to work with him in 2018, when he was José Pékerman’s assistant, and who now stayed out of Qatar 2022.
“They are good feelings, the attitude has been the best. We have noticed that there is a hungry group, we have encouraged them. I am calm in that sense, that they will aim high, where there is talent to trust in a future with a good team”, assured Lorenzo.
Just as Pékerman did, Lorenzo did not want to anticipate the lineup against Guatemala. “I haven’t given the boys the training yet, in that sense, the captain, if I tell you, I’m already giving you a starter. The system will be between 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1, there is a small movement, depending on the phase the team is in”.
The controversy over the call of the Millionaires players
Another of the controversies of the call was the call of Andres Llinas Y Alvaro Montero, players from Millonarios, which puts the team in trouble, which, one day after the game against Mexico, will have to play Junior in the first leg of the Copa Colombia final. Millos decided to hire a chartered flight so that the two players can perform.
Lorenzo was asked if Millonarios had made any request for Montero and Llinás to be released in advance.
“The Fifa date ends after the second game, they are players who are part of the squad, it would not be to send them before. I’m sorry for Millonarios, I said it at the press conference if the game could be postponed and they don’t feel harmed. I didn’t get any request about it. Alberto Gamero had all the predisposition to send them, for him it is a pride and for the club as well. There will be no changes and they will arrive as soon as they can after the game, ”said the coach.
Lorenzo also spoke of the possibility of playing a game in December, despite the fact that there is officially no space on the international calendar.
“We are analyzing, there is an issue that is essential: there is no Fifa date, this is the last Fifa date of the year, with which we would not have priority over the call for players that we want to request. The footballers will have few vacations, they would have two weeks all of a sudden, generate a game in that area, I would love it and the players soon too, but the European clubs tell us that we would get one out of two weeks of vacation. I see it complicated, Fifa has not agreed to declare an official date and the clubs have no obligation to lend the players, “he said.
Regarding what he expects from his team in the debut against Guatemala, Lorenzo was emphatic: “That the players don’t come out desperate or in a hurry. We already talked about that. You have to be clear about the difference between intensity and rush. The works that have been done are based on that. I am calm and I see a group of hungry players, with attitude and talent. There are between young and experienced, with those who did not join the call, waiting. Some may arrive at any time. There is equipment to believe”, he concluded.
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