Luis Enrique became the seventh coach this Thursday to lose his position as a result of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Spanish team’s bench brings to six the changes of coaches that have taken place so far at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The ‘dance’ of coaches in major competitions is common and traditional, especially when the participation of the teams is over. Many technician contracts expire upon their expiration and in some cases, decisions were made to change course after being eliminated ahead of schedule.
In Qatar 2022, the first to leave the office were the Argentine Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino and the Spanish Roberto Martínez, coaches of Mexico and Belgium, respectively.
In both cases they remained far from the goals set. No one got past the group stage, a new disappointment for the ‘Tri’ and a real bomb for the ‘red devils’, third in the previous 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Gerardo Martino and Roberto Martínez ended their periods on the bench of Mexico and Belgium respectively, an event that they more or less predicted, as happened with Otto Addo in the leadership of Ghana, who announced his departure as soon as he fell in the group stage, something that was -he thought about it even after he became champion, according to what he admitted.
Portuguese Paulo Bento, who led South Korea to the round of 16, where he was beaten by Brazil, also announced his departure from the bench of the Asian team as soon as the match ended, proud of the performance of his players. Carlos Queiroz resigned to direct the selection in Iran. It remains to be seen what will happen to Diego Alonso (Uruguay).
The last is, this Thursday, Luis Enrique Martínez, who left office after suffering a painful elimination in the round of 16 against Morocco, where Spain failed to score a goal in regulation time, extra time or penalties.
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) was the fastest to announce the name of a replacement for the outgoing coach. His replacement is Luis de la Fuente, until now coach of the Under-21 team and who with the Olympic team won a silver medal at the Tokyo Games.
Source: La Verdad
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