Colombia fired coach Reinaldo Rueda

The Colombian Football Federation announced on Monday that Reinaldo Rueda has been released from his position as national coach after the coffee team failed to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

In a brief statement, the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) reported that the decision to “remove the position of technical director of the Colombian Men’s Senior National Team, as well as its coaching staff,” was agreed with Rueda.

“In this spirit, we express to Professor Rueda and his colleagues our most sincere wishes for success in their future work and in their personal projects, but also do not express our appreciation for their dedication and work, “insisted the FCF.

In January 2021, he began his second season in Colombia

The Federation is reviewing and evaluating “existing options or those that exist” to fill this gap in the technical direction of choice left by Professor Rueda, who in January 2021 took the helm left by the former technician for the second time in his career from Real Madrid Carlos Queiroz at the end of 2020.

During Rueda, the Colombian team went seven days into the South American qualifying league for Qatar 2022 without scoring a goal, with five draws and two losses, a consecutive streak that undoubtedly lowered their aspirations. .

Cracks without a World

Rueda was blamed for the fact that players like Luis Díaz, a Liverpool star, are not in Qatar; James Rodríguez, top scorer in Brazil 2014, or Falcao García, who played his only World Cup in Russia and is the highest scorer in the history of the Colombian team.

But among his achievements was leading Colombia to third place in the Copa América last year, played in Brazil, after Argentina and the hosts.

After the Copa América, Colombia played their best game during the Rueda season and in a dream game they crushed Chile by 3-1 which could have been wider and then drew 1-1 from their visit. in La Paz against Bolivia. But then came the mistakes and the free fall.