It was announced this Thursday.
From the rumor that had circulated in recent days to the official confirmation. Colombia he has a new coach and is Argentine: he is Néstor Lorenzohistorical assistant of Joseph Pekermanwho signed a four-year contractuntil the 2026 World Cup organized by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The former national team defender, runner-up at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, will be accompanied by another central defender who has gone through Argentine football. His assistant on the pitch will be Luis Amaranto Pereaex Boca and that he already knows from his previous cycle with the coffee growers together with Pekerman.
“From the Colombian Football Federation we welcome Professor Néstor Lorenzo, hoping that he can reap many successes with our Colombian national team”was the welcome message that the Argentine received from the coffee authorities.
It comes from the direction in Melgar de Perú (AFP).
After leaving Pekerman’s coaching staff in 2020, Lorenzo began his career as head coach. His first team was Melgar from Peru, with whom he had done a great campaign. Locally, he was a point of reference after 15 league dates. Although the best of his team was seen in the South American: he beat Racing in Arequipa and qualified first in his grouptaking advantage of a setback of the Academy on the last day against the River de Uruguay at the Cilindro.
At 56, the deté will have the challenge of qualifying Colombia again for the World Cup, as he did when he was part of José’s coach (now in Venezuela). The coffee growers come in from sixth place in the Qualifiers coming to Qatar 2022which caused the Reinaldo Rotate from the substitutes’ bench.
Furthermore, Colombia is in the midst of a generational renewal of the national team.. The great figure of the next litter is Luis Díazthe winger who shines in Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool and who adapted very quickly to the Premier League after breaking it at Porto de Portugal.
Most Argentines
With the arrival of Néstor Lorenzo in Colombia, There are already seven (out of ten possible) South American teams that have an Argentine on the bench. Adds to a list that has a Lionel Scalloni (Argentina), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Paraguayan), Joseph Pekerman (Venezuela), Ricardo Gareca (Peru), Gustavo Alfaro (Ecuador) e Eduardo Berizzo (Kilos).
Source: Clarin
