Why did the president of the Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, travel to Qatar if the Colombia national team was eliminated

The Colombian national team beat Venezuela 1-0 this Tuesday, March 29, but finished sixth in the table and will not go to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The tricolor, who was looking for the opportunity to go to the repechage, did not reach him after Peru beat Paraguay 2-0 at home.

After two consecutive World Cup qualifications, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, Colombian fans will have to bet on other teams, as the national team, which has several figures, such as James Rodriguez, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, David Ospina, Juan Fernando Quintero, among others, was not able to get one of the four direct World Cup spots or at least the chance to go to the repechage.

On the other hand, by not winning the quota for the World Cup repechage in Qatar, Reinaldo Rueda's association with the Colombian Football Federation would have come to an end this Wednesday. According to journalist Diego Rueda, the vallecaucano coach would not continue under the direction of the national team, since the existence of a conditional clause in the contract would define his immediate future as the helmsman of the national team.

Rueda said: “Reinaldo Rueda is no longer the coach of the Colombia national team. There is a clause in which it said that, in the event of being eliminated from the World Cup, I should immediately leave the team and do not have to pay compensation.” , it is important to bear in mind that the results of Colombia placed the coach's process in doubt a few months ago, but the strategist was supported by various factors that would also have to do with his how much money the Colombian Football Federation would have to disburse to compensate him.

On the other hand, it was announced on Wednesday that Colombia will have a representative in the draw for the World Cup in Qatar: Ramón Jesurún, president of the Colombian Football Federation, who would be next Friday in the World Cup draw, which will be held in Doha, as one of the representatives of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) against FIFA.

Now, the draw for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will start at 11:00 in the morning, Colombian time, this Friday, April 1st. This event can be seen on the official FIFA website.

Finally, let us remember that a few weeks ago Jesurún was re-elected as president of the federation, as well as Álvaro González Alzate, kept his position as president of Difútbol; as did Fernando Jaramillo, president of the Dimayor, and vocals Juan Fernando Mejía, Luis Gabriel Miranda and Elkin Arce. The only one replaced in the assembly was Javier Cogollo, who could not be re-elected after completing 3 statutory terms, where his replacement was Jaime Ordoñez.

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