The Argentinian Nestor LorenzoWho currently manages Peruvian Melgar, was announced on Thursday as the new coach of Colombia replaces Reinaldo Rueda, who was dismissed in March after failing to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) detailed in a statement that “the new technical director of the Colombian Men’s National Team is Professor Néstor Gabriel Lorenzo, who will lead our team for the next four years before the FIFA Canada World Cup, United States, Mexico 2026 “.
Lorenzo is remembered in Colombia for his work as a technical assistant to José Pékerman on the coffee team between 2012 and 2018, a stage in which the Andean team qualified for the World Cups in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018.
The 56-year-old strategist, the Colombian Football Federation added, will have former soccer player Luis Amaranto Perea as his assistant, who already has experience as a coach at Barranquilla’s Junior and his country’s Leones.
Lorenzo was Pekerman’s technical assistant during his time on the Argentine national team and at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He also holds that position with Mexican teams Toluca and Tigres and is currently the coach of Melgar, who in addition to qualifying for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana at the expense of Argentine Racing, leads the Peruvian league with 34 points, more than four in Sport Huancayo, which was second.
“From the Colombian Football Federation we welcome Professor Néstor Lorenzo, hoping that he will reap a lot of success with our Colombian National Team,” the FCF added.
The victim ‘is Rueda’
During Rueda, the Colombian team went seven rounds of the qualifying round without scoring a goal, with five tied games and two defeats, a series of defeats that reduced their South American aspirations. qualifying rounds for a place in Qatar.
Rueda has been blamed for the fact that players like Luis Díaz, a Liverpool star, will not be included in this year’s World Cup; James Rodríguez, top scorer in Brazil 2014, or Radamel Falcao García, who played his only World Cup in Russia and is the highest scorer in the history of the national team. But among his achievements was putting Colombia in third place in the Copa América last year, played in Brazil, after Argentina and the hosts.
Source: La Verdad
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