Luis Fernando Suarez sealed this Monday its continuity in the Costa Rican national team by four more years and expressed his joy and gratitude for the support of the players, managers and fans.
“It is a very special day for me. I wanted to live it, I’m enjoying it. It is an important moment in my career as a coach and doing it here fills me with great satisfactionSuarez declared at a press conference.
Suárez, who took office in 2021, got the ticket to Qatar World Cup 2022 on the repechage contra New Zealand after straightening the course in the second round of the final octagonal of the eliminatory in the zone of the Concacaf. The good results motivated the FCRF to renew it for four more years until the end of the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada 2026.
“It is in no way a sacrifice. This is a beautiful country and I feel good about the support of the human group of players and because I have a friend supporting me,” said Suárez, referring to the president of the Costa Rican Football Federation (FCRF).
Suarez stated that “we must start the 2026 World Cup from this World Cup” Qatar 2022 with the participation of young players.
The coach thanked the fans because “although there were complicated and difficult moments, there was confidence” and also expressed his appreciation for the group of players with whom he has worked, a statement that made noise because of his past in Colombian football.
“In my life I had worked with people so intelligent and committed to achieving something, a human group that thought a lot about the country and that came together to make the country happy and that motivates me a lot“, he declared.
He also had words of praise for the president of the Federation because “he always supported me and was a brave person.” For his part, the president of the FCRF, Rodolfo Villalobos, said that Suárez is a successful coach because he has qualified for the World Cup in the three qualifiers that he has directed in his career with Ecuador, Honduras and Costa Rica. .
“He is a successful technician, but we are also renewing a great person and a great human being, educated, disciplined and with great group management“, he pointed out. Villalobos highlighted the importance that Suárez is going to start the process for the 2026 World Cup with two years of accumulated work in which he considers that he has demonstrated “his knowledge, capacity and leadership” and in which he has achieved “the respect of young people and captains”.
“The players respect him, they know his discipline, his values, principles and solidarity“, he commented. Suárez’s immediate challenge will be the 2022 Qatar World Cup in which Costa Rica is located in Group E along with Spain, Germany and Japan. The coach assured that his philosophy is always to “go to compete” and fight for victory in every match.
