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The day that ‘Tata’ Martino rejected the Colombian National Team

Mexico will close its preparation for the 2022 Qatar World Cup this Tuesday against the Colombian National Team in a game that will be played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, starting at 9:00 at night. It will be a special duel for the ‘Tri’ coach, as there is a particular story in this game that brings back some memories.

The ‘Tata’ Martino is one of the most acclaimed coaches on the continent. His ability even led him at some point to lead Barcelona, ​​in a step frustrated by that club.because he did not get very good results and ended up leaving through the back door.

However, after that bitter experience, the coach continued with his career and offers have always been at his disposal. Precisely, Colombia was one of the proposals, which finally did not materialize for a sentimental reason that prevented it.

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It was in 2011, just before the arrival of José Pékerman in Colombia, a technician who was very successful with the coffee team. At that time, the leaders were looking for a coach and one of the candidates was Gerardo Martino; however, despite making him a tempting offer, the strategist preferred reject that option and went to direct the club of his loves, Newell’s Old Boys of Rosario, Argentina.

“Between two work proposals, directing the Colombia team or the club that saw me born, I opted for the second. It’s for sentimental reasons.” he told the Marca newspaper at the time.

The alleged threats to ‘Tata’ Martino to lead Colombia

In fact, andAt that time it was rumored that ‘Tata’ had received threats to lead Colombiainformation that was denied by the coach himself to the aforementioned medium.

“There were no threats to my family, nor to a goalkeeper, nor tax problems, nor interference by the leaders in the call for players. I thank the Federation because they did everything necessary, but on the other side was Newell’s Old Boys “he expressed.

Now, Martino will face Colombia again in the last game he will have to define the list of summoned that will represent Mexico in Qatar 2022.

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