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In a statement, the Colombian Football Federation confirmed on Tuesday that Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz will not continue to lead the Colombian National Team.
In the document they mention that together with the technical director Carlos Queiroz they agreed to the non-continuity of the coach at the head of the Colombian Men’s Senior Team.
“For the FCF it was a pride to have him for almost two years, in which he gave us all his work capacity, knowledge and experience, of which he had been preceded internationally. We wish Professor Carlos Queiroz and his team the best in their future professional plans. “, it reads.
As of this date, the Executive Committee of the Colombian Soccer Federation will initiate the process to search for the coach who will occupy, in the immediate future, the position of technical director of the Colombian Senior Men’s National Team.
The Portuguese suffered two historic goals on dates 3 and 4 of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in Qatar. Colombia fell 0-3 in Barranquilla to Uruguay and four days later was humiliated by Ecuador with a 6-1 in Quito. Two results that sentenced his future in South America.
Queiroz spent 1,028 days at the head of the senior team. The bad sports results made his stage end prematurely.
The DT had planned to continue in the National Team and this was what he manifested after receiving the 6 goals at the Casa Blanca stadium.
“The most important thing is to recover the players mentally and tactically in their clubs. Beard up and stomach made of cement to get to March strong and win the points, “he said in what would be his last press conference. Games against Brazil and Paraguay will have another coach on the bench.
Queiroz’s passage through the Colombian National Team
Carlos Queiroz was presented on February 7, 2019 at the FCF sports headquarters in Bogotá. He arrived after the successful passing of José Néstor Pékerman and a small interim of Arturo Reyes, a coach of the sub-20 who became one of his assistants.
He directed 18 matches for the Colombian National Team, 8 of them official (4 Copa América and 4 Qualifiers) and 10 friendlies. In total they won 9, lost 4 and drew 5. One of those draws, against Chile, ended in penalty shoot-out where the Colombian team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of Brazil 2019.
The Queiroz process is interrupted and leaders will begin to look for a new coach for the 14 remaining matches of the Qatar Qualifiers and for the Copa América to be played in Colombia and Argentina in mid-2021. End of the cycle.
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