the Argentinian Eduardo Berizzo He would be the coach chosen to lead the Chilean national team to replace Martín Lasarte, who left office after failing to meet his goal of installing the national team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The arrival of ‘Toto’, who spent some time in Chile as assistant to Marcelo Bielsa and years later won the first title in O’Higgins history in 2013, is said to be imminent.
If his arrival on the bench of La Roja is sealed, the one born in Córdoba will have his second experience as commander of a national team after taking charge of Paraguay since 2019 following the surprising dismissal of Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio.
Note that Berizzo left the Albirroja after completing 31 matches played, including friendlies, Copa América and South American qualifiers. Of those pledges, he celebrated just seven wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, finishing his cycle with a 36.57% effectiveness rate. In terms of goals, with him on the bench
Guarani they scored 31 and received 39. In total, of the possible 93 points, he saved only 34 units.
His first challenge with the Creole representative is a friendly against South Korea and then in the Kirin Cup, which will take place in Japan in June.
The tournament, last played in 2016 with Bosnia and Herzegovina lifting the trophy after beating Denmark, will see the participation of the team Everyone, along with host country Tunisia and Ghana.
†There is a short list of candidates and the next La Roja coach will be announced in the coming hours or days† They all have experience and a huge knowledge of Chilean football,” said Pablo Milad, president of the ANFP.
†Eduardo Berizzo is a technician with roles, history, experience in Europe and Chile, but you have to be patient and wait for one of this list to appear. Minor contractual details are missing. Today or tomorrow the name will be known”, added the helmsman of the Quilín-based organization. “The coach will be for the tour of Asia and we hope he will travel with the national team on June 1, he concluded.
Lasarte and the possible arrival of Berizzo
Speaking in Uruguay, the former La Roja coach assured that he has had a long talk with the candidate to succeed him in Juan Pinto Durán.
One of the questions that marked the conversation in RadioSport 890 It was the clause that gave ‘Machete’ a contract extension if he qualified for the maximum, something that was reactivated after the complaint filed by the Federation over the alleged bad recording of Byron Castillo, with FIFA opening a disciplinary procedure official.
“Back to the Red? It’s not like that… It really surprised me. The truth is that I have not considered any scenario and I am also clear that ‘Toto’ is a candidate and a great candidate … Which is true, we have to see how it is resolved if this becomes so, if Chile is the situation We need to look at how to resolve in advance what has been signed,” he said.
About his conversation with the 52-year-old strategist, the Uruguayan said: “Yes. I spoke to him three or four days ago and he brought up the same situation (of the contract). He raised it with me out of friendship, but nothing… we were rivals in Chile, I think we have a good relationship and of course I told him to keep calm and hopefully he will be identified because he has a great record of service in Chile, he did a great job, he was a student of Marcelo Bielsa and has had excellent tasks in several places”.
And he condemned: “He would be a great candidate and a great coach, recognized and loved by footballers, which is an important element.”
Source: Goal