December 17, 2020 – 8:10 am
Drafting of El País
Days after his departure from Colombia, after the painful defeats against Uruguay and Ecuador by the eliminators, the Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz broke his silence and talked about what really happened in the national team.
In an extensive interview with the EFE agency, Queiroz does not shy away from any topic. He talked about his campaign in the National Team, the alleged internal encounters, the level of James Rodriguez and what he really considers to be what happened in the last two games that sold the exit of the heritage.
On the way he feels, a few weeks after his departure from the coffee scene, Queiro said, “I’m fine. Trying to close the Colombia page and looking at other opportunities. The book of life stays open for me. “.
The helmsman, in his note with EFE, did not shy away from the issue of what happened to Colombia.
It is very difficult to explain what has happened. Football is sometimes cruel. After a bad race of results things will change. The life of a coach, the value of a coach in the emotions of the street, depends on his end result. He arrived in Colombia with great excitement to achieve the fifth qualification for a World Cup. And you always expect from a Federation decisions that cannot be from the street, they have to count decisions with conviction and courage “.
He added that “Qualifying for the World Cup in South America is not a straight path. And it is not how it starts, it is how it ends. After a bad race of results, the Federation has not had the courage to face the storms that are they have made a decision that I have to accept, but with which I disagree.
Carlos Queiroz talks with James Rodríguez (left) and Falcao García in the preview of a game with the Colombia National Team in the 2019 Copa America.
EFE- The Country
On the rumors of alleged fights in the dressing room, Queiroz categorically denied it.
“It was all phenomenal. It’s amazing to see the family that makes up the Colombia National Team. It’s a very attractive thing. We know there’s a price we have to pay when we live in a free society. There’s a price to pay, if we don’t know “We don’t know anything about football and life. After the match in Chile, they said that there were confrontations between the coaching staff. It was a lie. After the match against Ecuador, some arguments were created that the players they had confrontations; once again I tell you that the atmosphere of the Colombian National Team is friendly and familiar. These are some lies that are normal and we pay the price of living in a free world, which we like. “
Singing the performance of James Rodriguez, in his note with the Spanish agency Queiroz noted that you can not have the best contribution of the willing 10.
“James at the 2014 World Cup was a sensation, and it has not been possible to have his best contribution. We try to work on good solutions. James has suffered a lot with the situation, the team too. Now that he started playing regularly at Everton, our paths diverge because football spoke cruelly to me. “
Finally, the technician pointed out that “I leave Colombia with a lot of pride, with the conviction that we leave Colombia with a good job. The numbers speak. And not only the work inside the field, also outside the field; this period of work with all the players have been very good to me and I am very pleased; it has been a privilege and an honor to work with this great family of the Colombian national team “.