The coach of the Colombia National Team, Argentine Néstor Lorenzo, I affirm that will wait until the last moment to give the final list of the players who will participate in the United States Copa América that will be played from June 20 to July 14.“Everyone is well aware that the final list for the Copa América has not yet been defined, “Precisely that same day that we play against Bolivia we must give the list of 26 and in case of any eventuality we are going to wait until the last moment,” said the strategist during the press conference he offered before traveling for the friendlies against the United States and Bolivia. Asked about the criteria he will take into account to rule out two of the 28 players who are concentrated in Barranquilla, Lorenzo indicated that “I don’t want them to make speculations. I want the players to compete, to show themselves and obviously we will choose the bestthose who can fulfill in various positions.”On the topic of the national team’s undefeated record of 18 games and the pressure that the players and coaching staff have to maintain it, Lorenzo expressed that “the way to compete is to go game by game, “Not thinking about what we already did, which was enough, we are not satisfied.”
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You may be interested in: Colombia Women’s National Team: against whom and when they play againReferring to the atmosphere inside the concentration, the forward expressed that “the group has been having that harmony since this process began. We had to be like this, together, to be able to compete and achieve things This is how we face this cycle. Competition is good. “There is a lot of quality and hierarchy.”
