The helmsman came out at the press conference noticeably distraught; there he said that in the coming days he will arrange his settlement with Fedefútbol
SAN JOSÉ — Sunken, with the gesture of a coach who no longer has answers and with a lost look after the goalless draw against Honduras, Miguel Piojo Herrera faced his most painful conference since taking over the bench Costa Rica.
There were no excuses, there were no detours: the Mexican acknowledged that the position was too big for him and that the World Cup dream ended up in tatters.
“We tried and it couldn’t be done. Today the illusions were erased,” summarized the coach, with an honesty that contrasted with the football void left by this tie.
Herrera, who had never experienced a situation of this caliber in his career, admitted that the blow marks a before and after in his career. “I am sad, I have pain, discomfort, bitterness… I have never experienced this,” he said, visibly touched.
The coach did not hide: he said that those who do not win fail and Costa Rica He did not win when it was mandatory to do so. He recognized that the National Team did not have a goal, it was not forceful and that it simply was not enough.
“We failed because we didn’t win in the moments when we had to win,” he said.
Is he leaving or staying?
Unlike previous nights, Herrera did not mix optimism with reality. This time it was direct: he will meet with the president of Fedefútbol to define the exit.
“We will talk in the coming days to finalize this,” he assured, admitting between the lines that his cycle is over.
Piojo denied that there was ignorance of the area or lack of adaptation. For him, the problem was not because of the environment, but because of the final result. “It’s not about history or identity; things didn’t happen, we didn’t win,” he insisted.
Failure hits him hard. He says that it will be a weight that he will carry in his career and that, although he has experienced everything, this episode will mark him deeply.
He even left a phrase that summarizes his darkest night: “I am the one who does not carry Costa Rica to the World Cup. “I am responsible.”
