Finally, after much speculation, Argentina’s Néstor Lorenzo, head coach of the Colombian National Team, announced the call for matches to be played on 7 and 12 September this Thursday against Venezuela and Chile.
Lorenzo recruited 26 players and kept his base, including veteran players, on which he had been working from the beginning. James Rodriguez and Juan Fernando QuinteroReturning to the National Team after being excluded from FIFA history in March.
There are many surprises on the list beyond what the coach expected. These are the five ‘teams’ of the call:
Santiago Arias is returning to the National Team after almost three years. He had not been there since the first game of the draw, suffering a serious injury that kept him out of the competition for two years.
Arias, 31, is in Cincinnati from MLS today. In a conversation with EL TIEMPO a month ago, he had announced that he hoped to return. “Now I am focused on my team, I continue to grow, I maintain continuity. If a call is made, I would be happy, but if not, I will always support them.” Now Lorenzo is putting him back on the list.
Chocoano’s striker was tired of scoring goals, first in Germany and now in Russia, and deserved to be called up a while ago. He even made public complaints about not participating in the searches many times. Carlos Queiroz only called him once, but he didn’t play.
Córdoba, who scored 22 goals in 44 league games for Krasnodar, finally got the opportunity to take part in the National Team at the age of 30.
Richard Rios He is not known in his own country. he was a part Colombia U-20 team He caught the attention of Flamengo as part of Futsal, and Flamengo took him to audition for the football team and later transferred him to the minor leagues.
Ríos made his red-black debut in 2020 and, after beating Mazatlán and Guarani de Campinas, he signed with Palmeiras this year and was an important part of the team that advanced to the semi-finals of Cup savers with this team, eliminating Deportivo Pereira.
Despite all the follow-ups from the National Team’s technical team and playing in local league games, Lorenzo has only called one player to play in Colombia and he will most likely not start.
The only local player on the list is Millonarios’ goalkeeper Álvaro Montero. Although he has played games with Lorenzo before, he is behind veteran Camilo Vargas. Nacional goalkeeper Kevin Mier is not on the list: DT called Devis Vásquez.
Lorenzo surprised by removing top five Kevin Castaño from roster and that was the great discovery of the Election scene.
Castaño transferred from Águilas Doradas to Mexico’s Cruz Azul, where he started as the top five and has now lost his position: He’s been on the bench for the cement team’s last two games. However, Lorenzo called other players within minutes, such as Yerry Mina, who did not make his debut for Fiorentina, or Rafael Santos Borré, who has not yet determined his future and does not play at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Archers: Álvaro Montero (Millionaires), Camilo Vargas (Atlas, Mexico), Devis Vásquez (Sheffield Wednesday, UK).
Defenses: Carlos Cuesta (Genk, Belgium), Daniel Muñoz (Genk, Belgium), Dávinson Sánchez (Tottenham, England), Deiver Machado (Lens, France), Jhon Lucumí (Bologna, Italy), Johan Mojica (Osasuna, Spain), Santiago Arias (Cincinnati, USA), Yerry Mina (Fiorentina, Italy).
Midfielders: James Rodriguez (São Paulo, Brazil), Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace, England), Jhon Arias (Fluminense, Brazil), Juan Fernando Quintero (Racing, Argentina), Mateus Uribe (Al Sadd, Qatar), Ríchard Ríos (Palmeiras, Brazil), Wilmar Barrios (Zenit, Russia), Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Inter, Italy).
Forwards: Jhon Córdoba (Krasnodar, Russia), Jhon Jáder Durán (Aston Villa, England), Jorge Carrascal (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), Luis Diaz (Liverpool, England), Luis Sinisterra (Leeds United, England), Mateo Cassierra (Zenit, Russia), Rafael Santos Borré (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany).
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Source: Exame
