La Roja continues to give something to talk about The unexpected release of Robbie Robinson, especially after the painful fall against Brazil for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. Less than 24 hours after the expected meeting for the triple date, the start was announced of the Chilean-American striker, apparently due to family matters. However, others could be the real reasons for the event.
The mention that the Miami Inter striker was called up for “personal problems” made an impact inside the national team, those who were not indifferent to his departure. According to Mercury, the event caused the referents to take a stand.
“He was training well. We were integrating him into the group, like all the new ones. He looked good. He didn’t speak a word in Spanish, but until Tuesday everything was normal and here he disappeared,” a national team coach said. medium.
That day, as detailed from inside the Red, a meeting changed the whole picture for the striker.
“We don’t know who he was with, whether with Martín Lasarte, Francis Cagigao or anyone else. But he did talk to someone and from there he changed his mind. We think it was with Cagigao because they both speak English. It looked bad to him, bajoneado. Something happened to him “, they complemented from the interior of the selection.
The surprise was great even inside the national team, as – although they were surprised by what happened to the young player – did not think he would leave for Miami.
“No one made a hole in it,” they assured Mercury from inside. “But we don’t want him to be quoted again,” one player added.
Des Quilín, meanwhile, claimed that the reasons for Robinson’s “escape” were the responsibility of the national team sporting director: “Cagigao failed to convince him and it was his big mistake.”
Apparently, training was going well until Tuesday. A conversation would have generated his retirement. Photo: Laroja
Reasons for interest
For their part, from the circle close to Robbie Robinson pointed out that the determination of the striker to leave Chile was for economic reasons.
According to the quoted media, the attacker got upset after the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP) they told him that they would pay him to be at La Roja, a version that changed once he was already training Joan Pinto Durán.
According to the morning, Robinson was promised that he would cancel a certain sum for his summons, As in the United States selection.
The striker would not have liked to be lied to by the national team in order to convince him to represent the country, so he would have chosen to retire.