In the first chapter of Caracol Radio’s ‘The Controversy’César Augusto Londoño, Juan Felipe Cadavid, Diego Rueda, Melissa Martínez and Alexis García analyze the conditions in which the Colombian National Team arrives at the Copa América, the players who should be starters and especially debate what the “nine” of the team should be. Selection.
The Colombian National Team reaches the Copa América after two important victories against the United States National Team and the Bolivian National TeamIa. With these two victories, and Belgium’s defeat against Slovakia in the Euro Cup, the team led by Néstor Lorenzo became the only undefeated team since 2023, and is approaching the record.
Under the direction of Lorenzo, that is, between 2023 and 2024, The team reaches 20 undefeated games, having 15 wins and 5 draws, against great teams such as the Spanish National Team and the German National Team; in addition to registering 38 goals for and 14 against.
What should be the nine of the National Team
Although the calls made by Néstor Lorenzo since his arrival to the technical direction have been very similar, César Augusto Londoño assures that compared to his first game 18 months ago, the majority of the players are still there today, There is a position that generates debate between who should be the starter and that of the “nine.”
According to Lodoño, The undisputed “nine” for the National Team is Rafael Santos Borré, who is the top scorer in the Lorenzo era, who reached six goals with the score he made against the United States National Team.
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For his part, ALexis García assures that Jhon Córdoba should occupy the position of “nine”, since he affirms that he is far from the others. While Diego Rueda affirms that for him the number nine should be Miguel Borja, but states that: “for coach Borja he is the fourth and if he can look for an alternative it will be the sixth, he had to take it, he doesn’t like it.”
Juan Sebastián Vargas, Caracol Radio’s special envoy to the Copa América, put in order Néstor Lorenzo’s options for the “nine” position, ensuring that The order that Lorenzo would take into account would be Rafael Santos Borré, Jhon Jader Durán, Jhon Córdoba and Miguel Borja.
Is the Colombian team “James-dependent”?
In the middle of ‘The Controversy’, the question arose as to whether The Colombian National Team is dependent on a player like James Rodriguez, who reached 100 games with the National Team, César Augusto, stated that at the moment in which the National Team is there is no longer a dependency on the player, as happened in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, since there are other players who can fulfill the same functions.
For his part, Alexis García affirms that for him “Before, when James played well, the National Team played well, today if the National Team plays well, James plays well,” ensuring that there is no longer a dependency, something that is confirmed by the rest of the program’s panelists.
