Colombian media confirmed that coach Jorge Luis Pinto chose the Colombian Eduardo Nino to take charge of the goalkeepers in the national team, pointing out that Nino will submit his resignation from his position in the Colombian club Deportivo Cali.
The newspaper «Football Red» that the former Colombia goalkeeper received an invitation from Jorge Luis Pinto to accompany him on his new mission with the Emirates team, explaining that Nino agreed to the offer, while Deportivo Cali did not comment on the departure of the goalkeeper coach, until he formally submitted his resignation From office.
She explained that Eduardo Nino traveled with Jorge Pinto to the Emirates on a special trip, and the Colombian authorities agreed to organize it on the 19th of this month, as approximately 200 athletes will travel to Europe and other countries in Asia and the Middle East. It is noteworthy that Eduardo Nino (52 years) was on the list of Colombia team that faced the national team in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, as he sat on the bench for the historic keeper of "coffee growers", René Higuita, while Nino has a good career in training goalkeepers, After he took the same position in the Colombia national team from 2014 to 2018, and he was part of the technical staff of the team led by Argentine Jose Bakerman, who participated in the two copies of the World Cup in Brazil and Russia, before leaving the team after Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz took over the Colombia national team, while he moved Eduardo Nino to train goalkeepers in the club Deportivo Cali, who plays in the Colombian first division. For his part, the national team coach, Jorge Pinto, confirmed that he hopes to achieve good results with the "white" and to contribute to the team's qualification to the 2022 World Cup, while he talked about his memories with the Costa Rica national team in the 2014 World Cup, telling the newspaper "Costa Rica Medius" that he maintains His friendship with some of the players of the golden generation who achieved the best achievements of Costa Rican football by qualifying for the World Cup quarter-finals in Brazil.
He referred to the effect of the famous phrase he said before the tournament started on the players, and said: “I used a phrase that everyone remembers after the results achieved by the team in the tournament, which is the more courageous the bull the better the bullfighting, which is a positive impact on motivating the players Especially after the team fell into (the group of death) with three teams that previously won the World Cup, which are England, Uruguay and Italy, and despite that, the group topped us and qualified for the second round ».
Colombia accepts Pinto and Nino on a private trip to the UAE this 19th.