The national team coach, Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto, spoke to Colombian media before traveling yesterday to Dubai via Madrid Airport, stressing that he has great ambitions that he wants to achieve with the "White" in his first experience outside Latin America, after he took the training of Honduras and Costa Rica in North America, Colombia in South America, while criticizing the stars of Real Madrid and Paris St. Germain, James Rodriguez and Keylor Navas, also revealed many of the secrets of his historical achievement with the Costa Rica national team in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Pinto told the "Caracol" newspaper that he agreed to train the Emirates team, although it is a new experience that may seem more difficult and different from his previous experiences, explaining that the enthusiasm that he found from the local football association and the goals set by the federation made him agree to the offer, saying: "I wish to repeat What the Brazilian coach Carlos Pereira did when he led the UAE national team to qualify for the 1990 World Cup. ”
On the other hand, the Colombian coach talked about the historical achievement he achieved with the Costa Rica team in the World Cup 2014 by qualifying for the first time in its history to the quarter-finals, and said: «Despite the historical achievement we achieved, there was a state of lack of discipline within the team of some players, especially my star The team at that time, goalkeeper Keylor Navas and top scorer Brian Ruiz.
He added, "I went into a clash with Navas because of his lack of commitment during the team's camp, as the goalkeeper is addicted to playing cards (kuchina) and watches the morning every day because of this game, which made me go to him and told him that he will not play again the cards, and he must sleep early to focus in Training and matches As for Ruiz, he made an unexpected decision to marry eight days before the start of the World Cup, which put me in a difficult situation and we are awaiting heavy-caliber matches in a fiery group with Uruguay, England and Italy ».
Jorge Pinto directed harsh criticism at the Colombia and Real Madrid star, James Rodriguez, stressing that the player whose loan was ended to Bayern Munich should not continue with the "Royal", stating that Rodriguez should be more modest, and to adapt to the requests of coaches, At the same time, he should be looking for his advantage in order to get the chance to play mainly instead of sitting on the bench while he is with Real Madrid.
Luis Pinto:
"The goals set by the UAE federation, along with the enthusiasm that I found, made me agree to the offer."
“I agreed to train Al-Abiad, although it is a new, more difficult and different experience