BOGOT\u00c1, Colombia \u2014 N\u00e9stor Lorenzo will continue as Colombia’s soccer coach after the national team conceded only one goal in five games at the recent World Cup.<\/p>\n
The length of his contract extension with the Colombian Football Federation was not disclosed. Lorenzo, a 60-year-old Argentine, was initially hired in 2022 on a four-year contract.<\/p>\n
The federation\u2019s executive committee confirmed the extension on Thursday after a meeting in Bogot\u00e1.<\/p>\n
Under Lorenzo, Colombia has 31 wins, 12 draws, and eight losses, scoring a healthy 96 goals overall and conceding 44.<\/p>\n
Colombia topped its group at the World Cup with wins over Uzbekistan (3\u20131) and Congo (1\u20130) and a 0\u20130 draw against Portugal. After defeating Ghana 1\u20130 in the Round of 32, Colombia was eliminated in the last 16 by Switzerland, falling 4\u20133 in a penalty shootout following a goalless 120 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow is the time to recharge and continue developing this project,” Lorenzo told 365scores. “We will keep building a stronger national team, maintaining our attacking style and pursuing clear objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the World Cup, Lorenzo praised the defensive performance of his squad while lamenting the penalty shootout against Switzerland.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe penalties against Switzerland were the most painful moment because our World Cup dream came to an end,\u201d Lorenzo said. \u201cThe team took the initiative in every match; we played with an ambitious, attacking mindset. We created more scoring chances than any of the opponents we faced.\u201d<\/p>\n
Colombia will return to action in September, with its next opponent still to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOGOT\u00c1, Colombia \u2014 N\u00e9stor Lorenzo will continue as Colombia’s soccer coach after the national team conceded only one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-821928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}