Why is Colombia unbeaten in 26 games? No one activated J Lo, or 23 years later to realize the dream.【fangjie】
2024-07-04
After Colombia finished sixth in South America in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and missed two consecutive World Cups, Rueda was sacked. Surprisingly, the Colombian FA chose the little-known Argentine Nestor Lorenzo.
Lorenzo spent 21 years as a teaching assistant before taking his first managerial role on January 1, 2021, when he coached Peruvian club Melga. In 63 fights, Lorenzo recorded 35 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses, averaging 1.86 points per game.
However, the reason why the Colombian Football Federation wanted him was that Lorenzo had long been Pekerman's assistant, in the Argentina U20 national team, the national team and the Colombia national team. Not only that, he has been the assistant of the Colombian national team for seven years and knows the situation of the team quite well.
Such a record, so that Lorenzo was questioned, until November 16, 2023, the media really changed their opinion. In World Cup qualifying, Diaz scored twice as Colombia beat Brazil 2-1, breaking a seven-game spell.
Colombian journalist Pulido pointed out, "This is our first world preliminary match against Brazil, Lorenzo's work has started to rise, and also achieved important achievements."