Confirmed! Carlos Queiroz is no longer the coach of the Colombian National Team

Through a statement, the Colombian Soccer Federation announced that Carlos Queiroz is no longer the coach of the Colombia National Team, due to the poor results against Uruguay and Ecuador.

According to the statement, the departure of the Portuguese is given on good terms and by mutual decision. In addition, they thank him for his work during the almost two years he was in front of the National Team.

In the statement, the FCF continues to ensure that Queiroz’s work “It will serve to continue the development of the projects that are being carried out with all the national teams.”

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

A few days ago, the Portuguese newspaper Récord assured that Carlos Queiroz’s compensation would be around two million dollars. In addition, in Caracol Radio they assured that the conversations would be oriented towards the payment method since Queiroz would not agree that the payment be made in installments. The former Real Madrid coach had a signed contract with the Colombian National Team until November 2022.

Carlos Queiroz assured, in an interview with an Iranian media this Monday, November 30, that his adventure in Colombia was about to come to an end. This after being consulted for an eventual exit after the defeats caused by Uruguay, 3-0 in Barranquilla, and the following date Ecuador, 6-1 in Quito.

The Portuguese coach assumed the technical direction in Colombia on February 7, 2019. Since then he has directed 17 games, of which he won nine, drew five and lost three games. In general, its performance is 63%. However, in the playoffs he was in four games, where he won one, lost two and drew another. La Colombian National Team is in the seventh box, with four units out of 12 possible and outside the classification zone.

During the period that Queiroz was in charge, Colombia scored 21 goals and received 18. Luis Fernando Muriel, with 5 goals, was the scorer, and James Rodríguez with Stefan Medina led the statistics of assists, each with three.

This is the statement:

“The Colombian Soccer Federation and the technical director Carlos Queiroz agreed that the coach would not continue at the head of the Colombian Senior Men’s National 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, which he was preceded by internationally.

The contribution that you leave us will serve to continue the development of the projects that are being carried out with all the national teams of our country.

We wish Professor Carlos Queiroz and his team the best in their future professional plans ”.

The Colombian National Team added an infamous record after their fall to Ecuador. The national team had never received two consecutive wins in qualifying. On that occasion they lost 6-1 against Ecuador, at the Casa Blanca Stadium in Quito.

After the shameful defeat, the main soccer analysts in the country came out to try to explain what happened to the eleventh tricolor.

According to the sports journalist Carlos Antonio Vélez, a large part of the blame lies with the players of the Colombian National Team, because “the handbrake was noticed” and he also said: “Let the coach go, but not alone” .

The analyst considered that the win is not normal and is suspicious and rare. He assured that the Colombian eleventh is full of players from small teams.

“We are full of players from small teams and that’s how they behave. Without hierarchy or category. Losing by a landslide and hugging the rival? ”, The journalist trilled.

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