This week, long before what usually happens, the call of the Colombian National Team would be known for the matches against Peru, on June 6 in Barranquilla, and Argentina, the 10 in Buenos Aires, on the return of the qualifiers to the World Cup 2026-
The national team is n key moment, because with 20 points it is sixth of the classification and still needs at least one victory and ideally a draw to ensure in a direct classification zone.
The streak of four games without victories is the reason for the concern. That and the fact that after the final of the Copa América 2024 the team entered an obvious performance downturn, are issues that should undoubtedly take away the coach Néstor Lorenzo.
And in that next list there are a couple of absences that are urgencies: Camilo Vargas and Rafael Santos Borré will not be able to go, although they are common, due to physical problems. It means that you have to decide the theme of the arch and that of the striker that will complete the deck. There are vacancies.
If it were today, there are several candidates
Although the national coach does not like to change the base payroll, there will always be junctures to solve and one of them is number 9, which would accompany Jhon Durán and Jhon Córdoba, the usual summoned.
I will usually be erased because, in the eyes of the DT, he is a different striker who offers polyifunctionality and movements other than those who can offer the center strikers that usually go from area referents. The good news is that there are alternatives at great time. The bad one, which almost everyone knows almost everyone has already ruled out. These are the options, if only the photo of the sporting moment today:
1. Juan Camilo 'Cucho' Hernández (26 years old)
The newcomer to Real Betis of Spain has, in this 2025, 5 goals and 1 assistance in 13 games, averages 3.1 shots per game and generates 1 key pass. But … his aim is 28 percent, the shortest among all options, and earns less than half of his duels. What plays him against is that he already received a couple of calls but was soon discarded by Lorenzo.
2. Miguel Borja (32 years)
Difficult to think about a selection call and not take into account the center of Centro de River Plate. But that is what has come in the hummingbird, whom they have literally erased from the calls from the Copa América, in which he had minutes but did not stand out. However, their numbers have been improving: in this year it has 6 goals and 2 assists in 26 games, with the highest aiming index of all candidates (56 percent) and 1.8 shots per game, but with just 36 percent of duels won.
Dayro, Arango, Borja and Hernández in 2025
Photo:
Sofascore para Futbolred
3. Cristian 'Chicho' Arango (30 years old)
It is striking that 'Chicho' almost always arrives with better numbers than the other attackers, including the favorites of the DT, but simply has not returned to the calls, without further explanation. In 13 games it has 13 goals and 1 assistance in San Jose Earthquakes of the MLS, with 4 shots per game, 1.2 key passes and 47 percent of wins. Lunar? 37 pro one hundred aim. The virtue? Play pro inside and out on the attack front. And so, they have not reminded him in concentrations for a while.
4. Dayro Moreno (39 years)
Perhaps the first one that is said in private, four months after completing the 40, which is already great to unseat a striker and the national team is Dayro Mauricio himself. But it is not so simple to deny him all his years dressed as yellow, his current historical scorer of Colombian football with 360 scores and his fantastic moment in Once Caldas in the League and Copa Sudamericana. In 23 games 12 goals and 2 assists, more than all other candidates, with 3 shots per game, 43 percent aim and 1.2 key passes per game, numbers that deserve at least a minimum of consideration. His illusion is that there are several of the 'old guard' in Lorenzo's group, why not he who is a certified gunner? His disappointment, that this explosion in his performance could be very late …
