Regarding the officialization of Reinaldo Rueda to lead the Colombian national team, coach Alexis García spoke to Caracol Radio’s Vbar and acknowledged that while it is not a good time, the Valle del Cauca was the one who took up the challenge of the qualifiers. . South American, who will only start against Brazil and Paraguay in March.
“Reinaldo is the ideal coach right now, a knowledgeable, experienced, experienced man who knows the heart of our football. I had said, and not to the previous manager, that our players are going to Europe because they play Colombian, they should not be brought to South America to play European. We had to improve the speed and some of the things they learn in Europe, but the essence and the DNA is what gave us good results, ”said Alexis.
He clearly said that everyone should guide and support his process, and he is confident that he will do things right. “You are going to contribute all your knowledge and skills. When Reinaldo is doing well, we are all doing well, but when he is doing badly, we also need to get on the bus, support the processes and join the national team. We have brought Reinaldo with us forever, hopefully we will not judge him as good or bad any time soon ”.
The La Equidad coach did not skimp on praise for the new coach of the tricolor: “I see a Reinaldo evolving and much more willing to make tactical changes. Today’s football has changed, the national team does not always have to play with the same system, it has to be elastic and it is measured with the player present ”.
Alexis insisted that getting to the national team will not be easy, especially since Colombia has just been beaten in the last two games; In addition, the position in the ranking is not the best. That’s why he sent him the first piece of advice, and it’s that before you prepare the matches, prepare your mind.
The advice continued. The second was very punctual, focusing on Brazil, the first rival on the FIFA March date. “You can’t play Brazil in the same way as Paraguay. Brazil is Brazil and we have to respect it, but the first thing we have to do is earn respect. We must take these players as soldiers of the homeland, of people who defend Colombia, not them; you have to lower egos. All of this happens through the mental part ”.
Alexis García’s third advice was to restore the style, the one who lost the tricolor on his last outings. He asked Colombia to play well again. “The first thing the national team has to recover with Reinaldo is style, an experiment was conducted and it didn’t work. In football it happens like this: you try a lot of things and you can’t go wrong. You have to restore the relationship with the ball, the start from the bottom and the occupation of the space on the attack, but always take care of what made us strong and with Brazil for a fight that is for possession ”.
In the end, García left the fourth advice to Rueda and that is to settle in Europe for the next few months, ahead of the Eliminatory matches. “I think Reinaldo shouldn’t be living in Colombia these months, he should be in Europe, where 90% of the players are, to know how they live, to create the environment, to get trust and love, to know how they prepare. He has to share his idea of the game and especially see how they will deal with their ego ”.