Why Teófilo Gutiérrez was not invited to the Colombian national team: Reinaldo Rueda Answer | Choice of Colombia

Colombia face Honduras this Sunday in a friendly match in the United States. The team led by Renault Ruda will have the highest number of players from the Colombian league, and will include Juan Fernando Quintero, who came from China and will play for River Plate from Argentina in 2022.

In the call for local players, Teófilo Gutiérrez missed again, despite his good season with Deportivo Cali he became the champion of the BetPlay II League.

An experienced striker and World Cup player in 2014, he has not entered into Rueda Rivera’s plans since capturing the national team in 2021. And in this game against Honduras, it was the perfect opportunity to invite him to change the tricolor for the youngsters. .

However, Renault did not call him, and he has reasons for that. At a news conference this Saturday, coach Guterres explained why he did not take Ronconcio into account, even for this friendly match.

“Theo has extraordinary games. In previous months, before Deportivo came to the gallery, I was on that permanent rating, but the times did not coincide with the other players, and that’s my job: picking the best,” Rouveda said.

The coach added: “At one point, I did not want to disparage a great player like ‘Dio’, which is why I did not consider him for this call.”