The elimination of Chile in the qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup has opened the debate on the continuity on the bench of “la Roja” of coach Martín Lasarte, pointed out by the board and the fans.
From the Chilean federation it is recalled that the coach still has a valid contract and that no decision has been made, but the first names are already beginning to slip, such as those of the Colo Colo technical director, Gustavo Quinteros.
The coach of “los caciques” rushed this Wednesday, however, to avoid the issue and insist that his head is solely focused on the future of the white team, which seems to have regained its bearings in the Chilean league and faces, from next week, a tough qualifying group for the Libertadores.
“It is a great pity that the national team has not qualified, especially for a generation that may not be able to play in the next World Cup, the next Qualifier or the Copa América, soccer was ungrateful to them,” Quinteros said at a press conference. press.
“Regarding the rest, to be or not to be a technical director, I don’t think about it because today I only think about tomorrow’s game, and I want to concentrate on tomorrow’s game, because we have a lot of problems to solve,” he stressed.
“I have important things to think about from now on for the next Colo-Colo matches,” he added. TIME AND STYLE Sources close to the federation point out to EFE, for its part, that the decision is not urgent and that the possibility is even being considered that if Martín Lasarte leaves, an interim manager will be chosen until the end of the year, since the World Cup avoids other international competitions and gives time to make a measured decision.
The option of asking Patricio Omazábal, coach of the sub 20, to take charge of the absolute on an interim basis is even contemplated. He would be in charge of the friendlies and the day-to-day until the Qatar meeting is over and the elections are held within the ANFP, also scheduled until the end of the year.
This period of time would also serve to try to resolve the debate about the style of the future selection that has opened up after the tie.
On Tuesday, at the end of the game in which Chile was defeated at home against a much superior Uruguay, the current president of the ANFP, Pablo Milad, criticized himself but also accused the players and even attacked the teams, the which required better management of the training teams.
Today, in a long article, the newspaper Emol took a similar line by highlighting how teams like Peru and Ecuador, which have surpassed Chile in the classification – the Ecuadorians will go to the World Cup again and the Peruvians still have options in the playoffs – have preferred to develop talent over physical condition.
And without big stars in Europe or the big teams in America, they have put together solid teams, with a good touch, full of imagination and technique, qualities that, after what was seen on Tuesday in San Carlos de Apoquindo, Chile needs to find.
EFE
