He broke the silence! José Pékerman spoke about his departure from the Colombian national team

Since leaving the Colombian National Team in September 2018, Argentinian coach José Pekerman has been silent about the reasons for his departure from the Tricolor, but this Wednesday he finally broke that silence.

In a television program about TNT Sports from Argentina, the former selector who led Colombia to two World Cups, Brazil 2014 (in which he achieved best historical performance, 5th) and Russia 2018 (eliminated in the second round by England), said that he was already there wear.

“It was a bit of everything. It always happens that there are moments of crisis and that everyone or no one wants to take something. It was like there is always a desire to achieve something more everywhere and you never know what it really takes. It’s wear and tear that accumulates, ”said Pekerman.

Regarding the expectations for the 2018 orbital appointment, the coach stated that “we arrived at the World Cup with great enthusiasm, we had unexpected inconveniences, fatalities, as with any championship. We got to the round of 16, after winning the zone, and in the game against England, which was tough, we didn’t have our great figure, with our strategist on the offensive side, our imbalance like James Rodríguez. It was a very big fatality for us ”.

In addition, he recalled that there was an agreement with the Colombian Football Association to speak only at press conferences.

After his departure from the Dutch Team, Arturo Reyes was commissioned as interim coach, later Portuguese Carlos Queiroz arrived, who left his position after the last two losses in the Eliminatory against Uruguay and Ecuador and now coach Reinaldo Rueda returned, who is preparing for the next qualifying matches against Brazil and Paraguay.