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Argentine coach José Pékerman reappeared in the Argentine media and spoke of his departure from the Argentina and Colombia teams.
Pékerman is not a man who lends himself to interviews, but in Argentina they convinced him and touched on interesting topics.
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“Finally a new stage began, something different, we ended up getting used to it, but really here it has been a long time since I spoke, I had not made contact, so it’s an opportunity to have this talk. Everyone knows me here, “he explained about his departure from the Colombian National Team to TNT Sports Continental.
The select said that one of the contractual conditions in Colombia was that he would only speak at a press conference. “In Colombia it was hard for the press,” he commented.
Pékerman was one of the architects of the Colombian qualification for the World Cup 2014 and 2018, but did not continue in the process until 2022.
We arrived at the World Cup with great enthusiasm, we had unexpected inconveniences, fatalities, as in any championship.
The subject of the Argentine team also touched him.
“When Bielsa continued in the Major, I asked Grondona to leave the National Team and, at that moment, despite Julio Grondona’s insistence that he gave me a lot of explanations for him to continue … He told me that he wanted me to continue until South Africa 2010. I told him no, that I had worked with Bielsa and was part of that. It did not seem to me at that time that I had to take the team, “added the Argentine DT.
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Finally, he stated: “There are times when there is a crisis and nobody wants to nothing. But there are times when things are very good, there is potential and they begin to be other wishes and other situations. In the competition it is like that. In all places there is always a desire to go for more. “
Death of Maradona
Daniel Garcia. AFP
Pékerman commented that the news of Diego Maradona’s death was very difficult.
“We knew his difficulties, we never ignored them. His last days, his final stage do not coincide with someone who gave so much. Personally, I have the best memories of Diego,” said Pékerman.
The coach said that there are things that are overwhelming.
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Lionel messi
The Argentine forward of FC Barcelona, Leo Messi, after conceding one of the goals in favor of Paris Saint Germain.
EFE / Alberto Estévez
Regarding the news of Lionel Messi, Pékerman said that what happens to him at Barcelona, the team from which he intended to leave, does not generate happiness.
“He has been an emblem of this generation, as Guardiola said: the icing on the cake”. Like every cycle, everything has a stage of decay, “he said.
He added: “sometimes the off-the-charts are the ones who can suffer the most from these falls, so it must be a very hard time for Lionel.”
Departure of the Colombian National Team
In addition, Pékerman was asked directly if they had ‘done the drawer’ when he directed the team in the World Cup in Russia and he replied: “no, a little of everything. I have no proof of that (that they had done the bed). There are times when there is a crisis and it is like nobody wants to grab anything. But there are moments when things are good, you see that there is a potential, other desires begin to appear, other situations. In the competition it is like that. But more than anything, in all places there is always a desire to achieve something more. “
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José Pékerman was in the usual press conference of the coaches.
Mauricio Moreno / TIME
Of that appointment in Russia, of the enormous expectation and the result, the elimination in the round of 16, he revealed: “We came to the World Cup with great enthusiasm, we had unexpected inconveniences, fatalities, as in any championship. We reached the round of 16, after winning the zone, and in the game against England, which was tough, we didn’t have our great figure, our strategist on the offensive side, our imbalance as it was James Rodriguez. It was a very big fatality for us. “
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His departure, amid tensions and all sorts of rumors, was not easy, but he feels satisfied to know that he left a way of leading the team, with privacy and respect for the privacy of the players: “When I was with the national team, The contractual conditions said that I was only going to speak at press conferences. It was hard in Colombia for the people who used to be there for the press, but finally a different stage began and afterwards, like everything, we ended up getting used to it. ” The message seems destined for those in the country who seemed to take on the campaign of his departure until finally achieving it.
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