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Jorge Sampaoli and José Pekerman are the only Argentine technicians who survived the first round of the World Championship from an unprecedented group of five arrivals in Russia.
Argentina, led by Sampaoli, will play Saturday against France. final, while Pekerman's Columbia waits for his rival between England and Belgium.
The World Cup also saw Ricardo Gareca (Peru), Hector Cúper (Egypt) and Juan Antonio Pizzi (Saudi Arabia). The three have already packed their bags but with different sensations.
Cúper must look for work, Pizzi will continue his term and Gareca has terminated the contract with Peru and has not confirmed he will renew it
Sampaoli and Pekerman until the end last match of their respective zone.
Albiceleste achieved an agonizing qualifier by beating Nigeria 2-1 at the end of Group D after the 3-0 defeat against Croatia and the 1-1 draw against Iceland. Sampaoli, 58, became the favorite target of critics in his country and faced rumors of dismissal amid a tournament that forced the Football Association. Argentina (AFA) to confirm it in the position. The players, however, raised at a meeting their discomfort for permanent changes in the scheme and artists and that Africans should play the most veteran of the team, which the strategist accepted
. The Nigerians, the technician suffered a thunder whistle from fans fed albiceleste at the stadium in St. Petersburg. Everything indicates that after the World Cup will leave the position despite a contract until Qatar 2022.
Until this supposed "double command" in Argentina is difficult to predict, but much depends on star Lionel Messi, after an unsteady start He appeared in all his dimension against Nigeria, with a goal that goes to the catalog of the best of his career.
"We share the dream of coming to Russia for something important for Argentina," said the coach. Colombia had a disastrous start with the 2-1 defeat to Japan, but ended up winning Group H with a six-unit win thanks to 3-0 victories over Poland and 1-0 against Senegal. 19659002] The next opponent of Colombia will come out of second place in Group G, which will be defined later with the match between England and Belgium in Kaliningrad. The duel of eight will be played next Tuesday at Spartak stadium in Moscow
Colombians hope to repeat their historic performance under Pekerman in Brazil in 2014, when they reached the quarter-finals.
complicated, "said Pekerman, 68." Now the games come with another aspect. These are extreme situations. Colombia has conditions to play at a high level. We have a lot of faith. "
The strategist does not know if, to match the performance of four years ago, he will be able to count on James Rodríguez, who suffers from physical problems since the start of the World Cup. then by the same score against France, who dismissed his chance in Group C. Already eliminated, he won 2-0 in Australia, his first victory in the World Cup since he won 4-1 in Iran in Group C. 1978 Tournament.
Gareca, mentor of Peru's return to the World Cup after 36 years, has not confirmed he would continue his term. His contract has ended and he the players and fans have asked for continuity.Before leaving Russia, the "Tiger" said that he wanted to take the time to think about it.
"I have to personally badyze things, the federation (Peruvian) must also take stock.There are various problems to badyze.Now we have a hot head, "he said. he replied when asked his future
Gareca, 60, has the support of Peruvian players and supporters despite the fact that he has not pbaded the pbad. Saudi Arabia lost 5-0 to Russia in the opening match of the World Cup. He then went down 1-0 to Uruguay and finished Group A with a 2-1 win over Egypt's Cúper
Pizzi, 50, will remain in principle in office until the end of the Asian Cup early next year. reported the Saudi federation. The idea is to evaluate it with more working time, since he took over in November 2017 in the team with the worst FIFA rankings of those who played in Russia.
After three consecutive defeats, Cúper will not continue in Egypt. The federation of this country has announced that it will not renew its contract after suffering the third defeat in Russia.
The Pharaohs closed their zone last and without points: they lost 1-0 with Uruguay, 3-1 against Russia and 2-1 with Saudi Arabia. Against the Argentine coach, 62, played the one that his figure Mohamed Salah could not line up against Uruguay because of the injury of the man who suffered in the final of the Champions League. Cúper took over in 2015 and won the World Cup after 28 years.
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