Head coach of the Colombian national team Nestor Lorenzo commented on the draw with Portugal (0:0) in the match of the third round of the group stage of the World Cup 2026. Fahivets highly appreciated the performance of his players and stated that his team was the closest to victory.

" I think we deserved to win, we created a lot of chances, but we were unable to convert.

I would like to greet the guys from the crowd, as they reported, because today’s stinks were miracles.

“Portugal is a great team, they have a great coach, but I think today they were stealing for them,” Lorenzo said.

In the group stage, the Colombian team scored this point and finished in first place against Quartet K, having won over Uzbekistan (3:1) and DR Congo (1:0), and also played in a draw with.