Lorenzo: Colombia deserved to win against Portugal

The head coach of the Colombian national team, Nestor Lorenzo, commented in the match of the third round of the group stage of the 2026 World Cup. The specialist praised the performance of his wards and said that it was his team that was closer to victory. "I think Colombia played a great game from start to finish. I think we deserved to win, we created a lot of chances but we lacked execution. I want to congratulate the boys on the effort they put in because they were excellent today. Portugal is a great team, they have a great coach, but I think we were better than them today," said Lorenzo. According to the results of the group stage, the Colombian national team scored seven points and finished in first place in the quartet K, having won victories over Uzbekistan (3:1) and DR Congo (1:0), as well as drawing with Portugal (0:0).