Face to face

Predictably, after the debacle In the recent Copa America, Carlos Antonio Zago’s head rolled as coach of the national team and he joined the list of those who were ousted from office before their time. In the absence of results, he will pocket a good amount of money that, without complaining, the FBF must pay him for the termination of his contract. It should be the other way around. After the disastrous campaign, the Brazilian should return what was paid in advance. Or, out of modesty at least, not collect every last cent stipulated in the onerous agreement.

The numbers of the deplorable Zago cycle They condemn him. He didn’t even manage to structure a basic team in a dozen matches, between the training matches and the official ones. In short, these are things of unwary leaders fooled by smoke sellers in our poor everyday football. Another foreigner, the Venezuelan César Farías, was considered the main candidate to succeed Zago. An almost general amnesia made people forget the mistakes Farías made when directing Bolivia in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup: second to last above Venezuela, which has already taken off.

The FBF has placed on the shoulders of Oscar Villegas the heavy burden of leading the Verde in the face of the qualifiers that will resume shortly and in which the results are not helping either. Not even in the Miraflores stadium where the 3,600 meters of altitude no longer help. 30 years after qualifying for the USA 94 World Cup, Bolivian football continues to suffer from old ailments that seem to have no cure.