2023-09-28
The Costa Rican National Team is still looking for a coach to guide them to the 2026 North American World Championship, where Canada, the United States and Mexico will not be competing as they are the hosts.
That is why the Ticos do not want to miss this World Cup tournament and although they do not have a defined technical director, they are still looking for one with a high profile.
And although many have been in orbit, such as the Brazilian Mano Menezes who recently joined Corinthians, in the last few hours the name of Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador began to be heard.
The Colombian coach who, on the bench of La Sele, consolidated the best World Cup for a Concacaf team in the last season could return to the Central American arena and join the Ticos.
Media and journalists from that country are beginning to report that the name of the coffee grower, who not long ago left Deportivo Cali in his country, is a fairly serious option handled by Fedefutbol, since he knows the environment and his attachment to Costa Rica is notorious. .
However, there are many issues to analyze regarding a hypothetical incorporation of Pinto into the Costa Rican national team and one of them is that players like Keylor Navas and Celso Borges, who in the past asked for his departure after the World Cup, are still active in the national team. of Brazil 2014.
After the departure of Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez, who qualified them for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Costa Rican Football Federation appointed Argentine Claudio Vivas, who served as national team coordinator, on an interim basis.
However, once the new coach is signed, Vivas will return to his work. In the pipeline there are interesting names such as Juan Carlos Osorio, Rirardo Gareca, Alexandre Guimaraes and the national Jeaustin Campos, without leaving out Pinto, who is 70 years old
2023-09-28 19:09:00
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