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The hours pbad and the name of Jose Pekerman sounds louder and louder to replace the outgoing Jorge Sampaoli in the technical direction of the Argentine national team.
Although there is no official confirmation of an official offer, the truth is that many sectors it is suggested the return of the current Colombia coach, who had a happy step by the youth teams of his country and a less pleasant by the older ones.
The history of Pékerman in Argentina began in 1994, when his project was selected by AFA to take over the Sub 20 team that would participate in the category World Cup , in Qatar. He won 1-0 against the Netherlands (Garrone's goal) and then his success story began.
Pékerman was world champion in 1995, 1997, and 2001, and he discovered several talents for his country. Lionel Messi himself, whom he called for the national team in 2004, when he took office in replacement of Bielsa.
With Pékerman, boys like Andrés D'Alessandro, Esteban Cambibado, Javier Saviola and Gabriel Milito dominated world football. In addition, in charge of youth, the DT has won two South American championships under 20 years (Chile 1997 and Argentina 1999) and the Tournament Esperanzas Toulon. of 1998.
The total balance with the youngsters was two world championships Sub 17 and four Sub 20.
His arrival in the senior team was a logical consequence of that good role as coach and almost expected after the failure of the team of Marcel or Bielsa, who had under his command one of the best generations of football "gaucho" & # 39; but ended up failing miserably in the Korea World Cup and in Japan 2002.
He arrived Pekerman in September 2004. His debut was in a 4-2 triumph in Uruguay for the World Cup qualifiers in Germany 2006. In charge, the team won 14 matches in total (6 in qualifying, 3 in Germany Cup, 3 in friendly and 2 in Confederations Cup), 7 and 6
The romance is would finish in the German World Cup, when the Argentineans were eliminated by the locals in the quarterfinals by definition in the penalty shootout. Not alienating Messi in this last encounter is a sin that many have failed to forgive. It was the second shot that Pekerman suffered with the majors after the 4-1 defeat that Brazil gave him in the Confederations Cup final. The goodbye would take place at the end of the 2006 World Cup in June
In Argentina, they remember this happy step for the youth teams, this good World Cup in Germany despite the sad final result and especially the Colombia Selection, which has 78 games, including 42 wins, 20 draws and 16 defeats, plus 123 goals in favor and 58 against.
Some want him as a manager, others as a coach and many others see him as the savior that the Argentine national team needs, who lives his hours the darkest after the elimination of Russia 2018. He will see if he will be more likely to engage Pekerman with his country than the bitter memory of his departure 12 years ago.
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