Santiago, Chile.
The Colombian coach Reinaldo Rueda, Reached an agreement with the National Association of Professional Football of Chile (ANFP) to leave the post as coach of the ‘Red’ and to take command in the combined one of its country, as confirmed this Thursday by local media.
To specify your departure, Roda will have to pay compensation of approximately $ 500,000 to the Chilean federation, Less than a quarter of what was originally stipulated in the termination clause of his employment contract, where the figure amounted to over 2 million of the US currency.
The president of the ANFP, Pablo Milad, commented to the local press that “the situations have already been established with the corresponding agents, with the corresponding lawyers and a couple of details need to be settled”.
Under the orders of the Colombian coach, who came to lead the Chilean selection process in January 2018, La ‘Roja’ played a total of 27 games, of which he won 9, tied 8 and fell 10 times.
Of the total matches played, only 10 were official, accumulating 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats by points in both continental tournaments and in the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar 2022, results that involved harsh criticism from the fans xilena.
Reinaldo Rueda was transformed into an option to lead the Colombian team after the defeats by a thrashing against Uruguay by 0-3 and Ecuador by 6-1 on dates three and four of the South American qualifiers, which precipitated the departure of the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz as his coach.
When asked who will come to the bench of the Chilean team to replace the Colombian coach, Pablo Milad said it will be the job of the new national sporting director of the federation, Francis Cagigao, to lead the process.
Cagigao is up in Santiago next Monday and, according to local media reports, is already handling a trio that will be evaluated over the next few days.