In Uzbekistan about to qualify for a World Cup for the first time, his coach, Srecko Kataneca historic figure in European football, announced his resignation on Wednesday for health reasons.
The Football Federation of Uzbekistan explained that Katanec “expressed his regret that he could not continue to discharge his obligations professionally and fully in his present condition.” In a statement, the federation wished him “a full recovery and success in his future coaching career.”
No details were given about the Slovenian coach’s health problems. Katanec will lead to Uzbekistan in second place in their qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup, whose phase continues in March. Iran leads the classification table (it consists of 6 teams) and has 4 days left. The first two will qualify for the tournament, which will be jointly organized by United States, Canada and Mexico. The third and fourth place teams will advance to another group stage.
Since admission in 2021, Katanec lead to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup and face their best chance of qualifying for a World Cup since becoming independent after the dissolution of USSR. Asia It now has eight guaranteed spots in the new 48-team World Cup compared to four in the 32-team format, which ended in 2022.
Uzbekistan This is the fifth group trained by Katanecwho is 61 years old, including two periods at the head of Sloveniawhich he led to its debut in a Euro Cup, in 2000. As a coach, Katanec He has coached in Gorica, Slovenia, Olympiacos, Macedonia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Uzbekistan.
Katanec This is a history of European football. He played with the Sampdoria the final of the legendary 1992 Wembley European Cup lost against Barcelona (0-1, the first of five wins by the Barça team). with that Samp Katanec He won a Serie A, a Coppa Italia, a Supercoppa of that country and a Cup Winners’ Cup. This is the first international for the old Yugoslavia and then for Slovenia when it became free. As a player, he acted Olimpija, Dinamo Zagreb, Partizan and Stuttgart. He retired from Samp.
Source: La Verdad
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