Queiroz, Rueda and their double World Cup failure: Those who “left and took over”, none qualified for Qatar

Rueda left Chile to join the ‘Tricolor’ and Queiroz took over the bench for Egypt, leaving it eliminated from the African qualifiers.

Colombia News.

Both Professor Reinaldo Rueda and Carlos Queiroz, the two coaches that the Colombian National Team had during the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, will not attend the World Cup with their respective teams.

The Colombian helmsman was disqualified by occupying sixth place in the standings with 23 points, one less than Peru, which with its favorable result against Paraguay (2-0), will now fight for the playoff by placing fifth with 24 units.

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Before occupying the bench of the coffee team, Rueda was directing the Chilean National Team, which did not qualify for the orbital event either. During his time with the southern team, he was outside the group of “the five” and in the heat of the Qualifiers he left the Chilean ship to join Colombia’s aspirations of going to a World Cup.

On January 14 he assumed as DT of Colombia.

His performance was marked by an “acute empatitis” of the team that, by not adding three to direct rivals such as Peru and Uruguay, was left without a World Cup.

Under his command, Colombia had a losing streak of goals with more than 700 minutes without being able to score a goal. It was precisely Díaz, who ended the ‘hex’ with his goal against Bolivia.

After the elimination, the future of Rueda in the ‘Tricolor’ is uncertain. Some believe in his process while others think that a foreign technician must be hired.

We will have to wait for the decision made by the Federation’s directives. If they keep him in office or if another strategist will relieve him.

Queiroz also “failed” twice

For his part, the Portuguese strategist could not obtain a box for the World Cup under the command of Egypt, a team that has Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah as a figure.

Carlos Queiroz took over as coach of Colombia on February 7, 2019, after a good time in the Iranian National Team.

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He started well directing the national squad and one of his successes was summoning Luis Díaz, Junior’s attacking winger at the time, whom he recommended to Porto de Portugal.

However, two bad results “technical kicks” in the qualifying dates against Uruguay (0-3) at home and (0-6) against Ecuador as a visitor, ended his cycle as DT of the ‘Tricolor’.

On December 2 and after a meeting with the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), the 66-year-old Portuguese said goodbye to the national team on December 2, 2020.

Through his social networks he issued a statement:

“When saying goodbye is not easy, it means that we only have reason to proudly express our enormous gratitude,” the technician wrote.

After leaving his position in the Colombian National Team, he assumed his role as coach of the Egyptian National Team.

With the African team he played the final of the African Cup against Senegal, losing the final on penalties.

Already at the level of the Qualifiers, again the Senegal of Sadio Mané, Salah’s partner in Liverpool, beat Egypt on penalties and took him out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Queiroz and Rueda, two technicians who “failed twice”.

Cover photo: @reinaldorueda /carlosqueiroz

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