This was Luis Díaz’s 2024 in Liverpool and the Colombian National Team
2024 for Luis Díaz has been a roller coaster of emotions with a great first semester with the Colombia National Team and a spectacular closing of the year with the Liverpool in the Premier League.
Premier League
His first game of 2024 was played on January 1 on matchday 20 of this competition against Newcastle, that day he started and played 65 minutes in Liverpool’s 4-2 victory.
At the end of the 2023/24 season, Lucho played 19 games, all starting and scoring 5 goals. In that campaign, the Reds were in third position and Manchester City was the champion.
In the recent 2024/25 Premier campaign, Luis Díaz has managed to consolidate himself in the new stage of Dutch coach Arne Slot, who arrived to replace the German Jurgen Klopp.
The guajiro has played 17 games, 12 of them as a starter and has scored 8 goals. Liverpool finished the year as the sole leader of the championship with 45 points.
FA Cup
In this competition he played 3 games in 2024 and scored a goal in the 2-0 victory against Arsenal in the third round. Lucho started against Manchester United in the quarterfinals, a match that ended in favor of the Red Devils.
League Cup
In this competition Luis Díaz played 4 games, reaching the final where he faced Chelsea. There were 3 games that the winger played in 2024, two of them in the semi-finals against Fulham, a team he converted to a 1-1 draw in the second leg.
In the final against Chelsea he started and played the entire game, including the 30-minute extra time. Liverpool won the title by beating the London team 1-0 with van Dijk scoring in the 118th minute.
UEFA Europa League
In the continental tournament he played three games this year in the 2023/24 season. Lucho and Liverpool reached the semifinals where they were surprisingly eliminated against Atalanta, a team that beat them 3-0 as visitors.
The guajiro scored a goal this year in the 5-2 victory against Sparta Prague in the first leg of the round of 16.
UEFA Champions League
At the start of the 2024/25 season, Luis Díaz has been quite active, playing all the matches so far in the championship. In four of them he has started and scored three goals in the victory against Leverkusen. Liverpool is first with an ideal score, 18 points in 6 games.
Colombia National Team
His first match of the year with the Colombian National Team was on March 26 in the 3-2 victory against Romania, starting and playing 67 minutes. The guajiro was present in 4 friendly games, later he was part of the team that reached the final of the Copa América against Argentina, playing 6 games and scoring 2 goals.
Luis Díaz was also an important part during the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, playing 6 matches this year and scoring in the 1-1 draw against Peru and in the 4-0 victory against Chile.
Their numbers for the current 2024-25 season
Taking into account his statistics for the current period, Luis Díaz has 1,540 minutes, played in 24 minutes of the Premier, League Cup and Champions League. Lucho has scored 15 goals: 8 in the League, 1 in the Cup and 6 in the continental tournament.
With the Colombian National Team there were 1,357 minutes, played in 18 games and he scored 5 goals.
