The "coffee farmer" insists on leading the "white" to the World Cup

Jorge Pinto: I came to the Emirates to be a hero

Jorge Pinto.

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The coach of the national team, Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto, confirmed that he came to the Emirates to become a champion again, pointing out that in his previous experiences he was very successful in achieving the goals that the teams he trained for.

Pinto told the Costa Rican newspaper, EM Prinsa, “When people talk about the UAE, everyone talks about it being an advanced country, and that I came here in order to get money, but in fact I came here to win, and qualify with the national team To the World Cup is a dream and I am very determined to achieve it. ”He added:“ When I qualified with Costa Rica to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and the lottery resulted in my being in a group that includes Uruguay, England and Italy, everyone thought that I had become a (dead person), and that we would leave the tournament, but we are We overcame this difficult group and achieved a great achievement. ”

He continued: “I believe in the saying that a brave bull is always the best in bullfighting, as they are simple words but very practical, and work always leads to success, and for me I see that wherever I went I was a hero, especially since I was a hero in Costa Rica with the clubs that I took over her training, I went to Peru and achieved important victories, and I was a hero in Venezuela, and in Colombia I lacked titles but I had strong achievements with Cucuta, and in Honduras we could qualify for the World Cup, but we were not lucky, while I led the Olympic team to achieve a great achievement by obtaining Fourth place in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016 in Brazil », and talked about his mission with the national team, and said:« So I have great hope that I will win here too, we are with reason and dream can move forward ».

The newspaper described coach Jorge Pinto that he seeks to transfer work and discipline to the players in the national team, in order to repeat the historical achievement of Emirates football when he qualified for the 1990 World Cup in Italy, and faced Colombia in the group stage, while it confirmed that the coach was nicknamed "coffee farmer" “He is confident of his ability to repeat what he did with Costa Rica in the 2014 World Cup, and to become the Colombian coach again.

Being paid is not my goal, and I look forward to winning.

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