Néstor Lorenzo and Jhon Durán denied alleged fight inside the Colombian National Team

Jhon Durán in Action with the Colombian National Team during the South American Qualifiers.

Photo: EFE – Mauricio Dueñas Castañeda

The South American qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup is more tight than ever after the results of the date 15. The new stumbling block of Colombia, which already begins to feel the threat of the repechage, turned on the alarms again in the absence of three dates for the end.

The team led by Néstor Lorenzo, That he was runner -up of the Copa América 2024, lost his way and crossed his most critical moment since the Argentine took the reins. The 0-0 draw against Peru, penultimate with 11 points, in Barranquilla, brought the fan's concern to a new level.

The result before the Incas generated discomfort and social networks began to speculate with a bad atmosphere within the selection costumes. The rumors grew when journalists such as Paolo Arenas and Jacobo Solano Cerchiaro reported in their accounts of X an alleged fight between Jhon Jáder Durán, tricolor striker, and coach Lorenzo.

“I can't believe there is so much bad milk, so much evil, invent non -existent things. Nothing happened, the group is fine and is strong. We did not play well, criticize the game, we lacked intensity and precision, we could not bend a team that defended himself well, but nothing more, nothing happened, “Lorenzo said at a press conference.

“We have to improve a lot in the game, be the team again that we were once, if it is with changes, with changes. Recover the level that was had, but do not invent in the networks. They said that I fought with Durán, that other colleagues separated us, barbarities. I am sorry for those bad people. You have to identify them, they do a lot of damage to football, ”the Argentine strategist complemented.

In that same press conference Lorenzo added that the reason Durán was replaced in the complement was due to a back pain. In his place, Luis Javier Suárez entered, who crashed a ball in the stick in what was the only clear arrival of Colombia throughout the game.

Jhon Jáder Durán also spoke with the media, but in the mixed area. “They have to stop a little. It is fine to say things inside the field, but inventing outside does not seem to me to be the most appropriate. The journalist who went out to say this, that he has the same clarity to go out to say that it is not true ”said the Al-Nassr footballer.

“It is not good to accuse people who are working for something that he (journalist) imagined. Nobody wants to tie or lose, we all want to win, but we must not invent either. No one fights here, we are a group of colleagues and we are here for the country“Durán added.

The Antioqueño was 45 minutes on the court and tried two auctions, of which he managed to give the ball to the ball. He was warned, tried seven passes and completed three of them. It cost him to get involved in the game. To date, he records 16 games and three goals with the tricolor.

Both Lorenzo and Durán rejected journalists' claims about an alleged fight in halftime. In contrast, Arenas and Solano Cerchiaro referred again on their social networks to the subject and implied that they are held in what they said.

On the alleged incident, James Rodríguez, a reference of the Colombian team, supported the version of Durán and his coach. “It's false, totally. Everything that was said outside and what was mentioned before is also false. We have to be together, give good vibes,” said the tricolor captain.

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