In the preview of the match against Guatemala, it was known that the The Colombian national team will have a new member in the coaching staff of Néstor Lorenzo. This was announced by the person involved, who was also part of the staff of the Argentine José Pékerman at the time.
Is about Marcelo Roffewho will do again the psychologist of the Colombian National Teamafter he did it in the World Cup qualifiers in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018. In short, the Argentine will do coaching work in a coffee team that seeks to raise morale, after the elimination of Qatar 2022.
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“And seven years later I returned to the Colombian Soccer Team under the guidance of Néstor Lorenzo. Very grateful to him, to the Federation and to the players and I return for the beautiful good times that we lived between 2012-2015 and that hopefully we can overcome! Come on, Colombia, ”Roffé himself wrote on his Twitter account.
It is worth remembering that both Roffé and Néstor Lorenzo himself were part of José Pékerman’s coaching staff when he fulfilled the duties of Colombian coach between 2011 and 2018.
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Roffé is 55 years old and He has a degree in psychology from the University of Buenos Aires. He has written several books on sports psychology and is one of the highest rated professionals in his country in this area.
As for Nestor Lorenzo, he assumed the functions of coach of the Colombian national team last Juneafter he was hired by the Federation after his good campaign at Melgar de Arequipa in recent years.
