After failing to win fifth place in the international repechage against the winning opponent between Australia and the United Arab Emirates in the Asian Football Confederation, the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), headed by its president Ramón Jesurún, has not yet announced an interim coach as they search for someone for the project to qualify for the World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico 2026.
Several international teams qualified for Qatar 2022, are waiting to face rivals such as Colombia to prepare for this year's orbital event on Asian territory, however, there has been a question of who will take on the next calls for eventual friendly matches of the tricolor.
Well, the one who assumed that role when Colombia was eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2018 Russian World Cup was samario coach Arturo Reyes Montero, who until five months ago served as Barranquilla Junior coach in the first coffee division.
Fedefútbol will wait for the World Cup to end to make the best decision, although if an opportunity appears that attracts attention, it will be taken immediately, that is where the name of Reyes comes out, who directed 3 games between September and October 2018 against Venezuela, the United States and Costa Rica and plans to settle again on the bench of the tricolor technical direction while the successor of the Reinaldo Rueda Rivera cycle is chosen.
Well, in dialogue with DirecTV Sports Colombia's De Fútbol Se Habla Así program, Reyes answered Titto Pucetti what he would do if he was given the opportunity to return to the coffee coaching staff. This is how the Magdalenense set out the arguments for which he should be named once again, at least on an interim basis:
Reyes, with a past in Academia FC, Atlético Bucaramanga, Patriotas Boyacá, Barranquilla Junior and the Colombia U-20 and older national team plans to take full office until a substantive decision is made.
The strategist and coach made it clear that he is waiting to buckle the opportunity to lead a professional team, after his experience for the Barranquilla Junior:
However, Arturo handed over the names that he considers should be on the list of players called up for the next World Cup on American territory as the generational fresh air of the national team. These were his candidates:
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