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The Valle del Cauca DT, 17 years later, will have his second cycle at the command of the tricolor team.
The Colombian team has a new coach: Reinaldo Rueda. The 63-year-old from Valle del Cauca, in the absence of the official statement, will be Carlos Queiroz’s successor in the tricolor team and will have his first exams in a couple of months, when in March he will face Brazil in Barranquilla and Paraguay in Asunción for the Qualifiers. No work time.
Rueda, who will jump from the Chilean team to the Colombian team, in which both have four points out of 12 possible in the Qualifiers, will have a salary of two million dollars a year more objective bonuses. The Colombian Football Federation had to pay the clause of half a million dollars for taking the Colombian DT.
Now, in the Chilean team one of the top candidates to take office is an old acquaintance from Colombia: José Pékerman.
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This will be Reinaldo Rueda’s second era in the Colombian national team after he replaced Francisco Maturana in January 2004 for the 2006 Germany Qualifiers. The tricolor team was left out of the playoff spot by one point.
Queiroz’s departure
A decision that comes after the 3-0 and 6-1 defeats suffered against Uruguay and Ecuador, respectively. A 17-month process that ended with a balance of nine wins, five draws and four losses in 18 games played.
Uruguay’s was the first official game that the Portuguese coach in command of the Colombian team lost, after the good Copa América he did in Brazil without conceding goals and being the best team in the first round.
His departure would take place after the problems in the dressing room that occurred in this double knockout date between some players that resulted in the two historical goals that were the trigger for the departure of the Portuguese, who had shown a game identity and good process since your arrival.
Only two players have spoken publicly about what happened inside: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and Luis Díaz. Both indicated that there were no major fights in the dressing room and that two bad games cannot erase the good work that Queiroz did, who argued that “the FCF lacked courage.”
Read: Carlos Queiroz, Colombia and the European style
A new era begins in Colombia with the same goal: Qatar 2022. And with a Copa América that will cross the road: in 2021, which will be held in our country and Argentina.
