First coach who gives him the “yes” to lead the Colombian National Team

Although the continuity of coach Reinaldo Rueda remains unknown in the Colombian National Team, it is no secret to anyone that there are sound candidates to replace him after the failure towards Qatar 2022. In the last hours it has been known that the Colombian Football Federation will meet to discuss the issue and after that make a decision on the future of the coffee strategist.

Given this, a long list of technicians await a proposal or interest from the FCF to command the Tricolor bench. Names like Ricardo Gareca, Marcelo Bielsa, Ramón Díaz, of international stature, and Alberto Gamero, Juan Carlos Osorio and Luis Fernando Suárezof Colombian blood, have so far been the closest to taking the reins for the next World Cup in 2026.

Thus, one of them, Luis Fernando Suárez, current coach of Costa Rica, spoke about the possibility of directing Colombia, a dream that he has, but that he does not strive for as DT. “Directing the Colombian National Team for me is not an obsession. If it happens, fine”, said the strategist in the program Smoke Free Zone.

His high experience in clubs and national teams give all the parchments for Suárez to enter the deck of candidates with force. The Colombian coach has been in World Cups with Ecuador, Honduras and now with Costa Rica, with which he must first win the playoff against New Zealand to get into groups.

However, the strategist also gave his analysis regarding the failure of Colombia, because after two World Cups, the Tricolor returned to the hours of bitterness. “We cannot look at what was bad in the @FCFSeleccionCol, but on what can be done in the future. How to improve in clubs, youth work. We have great players to put together a good synergy,” he said.

With regard to other candidates who sound for the National Team, such as Juan Carlos Osorio, the coach of the Central American team spoke and praised the Risaraldense. “Juan Carlos Osorio is a great coach, a forward, the only thing I think is that he will have a great revenge.”

For now, in the next few days, a response is expected from the Federation regarding the panorama of the National Team that after this sad year will get ready to focus on what will be the World Cup in the United States and Mexico in 2026.

Luis Fernando Suárez, for his part, will focus on his playoff against New Zealand, which will take place on June 13 at 7:00 pm (Colombian time).

It should be noted that if the ‘Ticos’ advance to the group stage, they will be located in the zone of Spain, Germany and Japan, an area that has been branded as the group of death; However, Costa Rica already knows what it is to defeat giants, since in 2014 it had a similar scenario and ended up being the leader, leaving Italy and England on the way.

Qatar Groups 2022

Group A: Qatar, Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador.

B Group: England, United States, Iran,

Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia.

Group D: France, Denmark, Tunisia, playoff 1 (Peru/Australia/United Arab Emirates).

Group E: Spain, Germany, Japan, playoff 2 (Costa Rica/New Zealand).

Group F: Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, Canada.

Group G: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon.

Group H: Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana.