Santiago, Chile.
The Colombian coach Reinaldo Rueda, reached an agreement with the National Professional Football Association of Chile (ANFP) to leave the post of coach of “Roja” and take command of your country’s team, as confirmed by local media on Thursday.
To complete the departure, Rueda will have to pay a compensation of about 500 thousand dollars 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 US coins.
The president of ANFP, Pablo Milad, commented to the local press that “the situations with the appropriate agents, with the right lawyers, have already been established and some more details have not been finalized”.
At the orders of the Colombian coach, who came to lead the Chilean selection process in January 2018, La ‘Roja’ He played a total of 27 games, of which he won 9, drew 8 and fell 10 times.
Of the total number of matches played, only 10 were official, accumulating 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses for points both in the continental tournaments and in the World Cup qualifiers in Qatar 2022, results that led to harsh criticism from the part of Chilean fans.
Reinaldo Rueda became an option to lead the Colombian team after the defeats throwing against Uruguay with 0-3 and Ecuador with 6-1 in the dates three and four of the South American qualifications, which precipitated the departure of the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz as your selector .
Faced with the question of who will come on the bench of the Chilean team to replace the Colombian coach, Pablo Milad said that it will be the task of the new national sports director of the federation, Francis Cagigao, to lead the process.
Cagigao arrives in Santiago next Monday and, according to local media, is already managing a shortlist that will be evaluated in the coming days.