He became the second coach of the national team to be dismissed in 2020 without playing an official match

The Colombian coach: I felt that I was not a bento ... I preferred to stay away so as not to deceive people

Former national coach Jorge Pinto.

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The former coach of the national football team, Jorge Pinto, revealed during a press conference held by the Football Association, yesterday, at its headquarters in Dubai, in the presence of the second vice president of the Football Association and Chairman of the Teams and Technical Affairs Committee, Youssef Hussein Al-Sahlawi, that there are circumstances and reasons that led to the termination of his contract with the Federation The ball by mutual consent, after about five months after assuming the task, including circumstances of his own, and others related to the current conditions of the Corona virus (Covid 19), and its effects, as well as the players stopped playing for a long period that extended to more than five months, and pressures of work, The short preparation period, and the preparation of the national team takes longer, in addition to some differences in viewpoints, especially aspects related to the work system.

Pinto said: "I faced some circumstances that forced me to change my way of working, without any external interference in my work, or imposing specific names on me in the national team, and I tried to do my best with the Emirates national team."

He added: “Ending the relationship was a good thing for both parties, and I am very proud of being honored to lead a great team like the Emirates national team, and I tried to apply a method and method of work that contributes to preparing the team well, with the aim of achieving the dream of going to the World Cup, but I could not do that, I felt that I am I was not Pinto that I know, so I preferred to stay away so as not to deceive the people who gave me the confidence of leading the Emirates national team. ”

In response to a question about what is reported about the existence of differences between him and some of the players of the national team, Pinto said: “Some were criticizing me for not working, and the other accused me of training the national team and the players in excess of the required, and I tried to work a balance between raising the efficiency of some players and compensating for the technical and physical deficiency. They have a short time before the team starts its campaign in the next qualifiers, but I did not agree with that.

Pinto thanked the Football Association, headed by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, and the head and members of the national teams committee headed by Youssef Al Sahlawi, for their support during his tenure with the national team.

Pinto denied that he had received an offer to coach Colombia, and said, "It has nothing to do with any offers I have received."

The Football Association had signed a contract with Bento last June, and he led the national team only in four friendly matches, including a match in Serbia against a Serbian club, and three matches against Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Bahrain.

Pinto did not lead the national team in any official match until the moment of his dismissal, as is the case with former Serbian coach Jovanovic, who was dismissed from coaching the national team last April, without leading him in any official or friendly match.

Starting next March, the national team will play its remaining matches in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, as it faces Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand in Group Seven.

Jorge Pinto:

• "Ending the relationship is good for both parties, and I was honored to lead a great team like (Al-Abyad)."

• «There are no external interference in my work, and no specific names were imposed for the squad.

• "Some accused me of giving more than what is required of the national team and the players."

5 reasons behind ending his relationship with the national team

The current conditions of the Coronavirus.

- The players stopped playing for a long period of more than five months.

Work stress and short preparation period.

- Preparing the national team takes longer.

There are differences of opinion.

Al-Sahlawi: The termination of Pinto's contract came in a civilized manner by mutual consent

Youssef Hussein Al-Sahlawi described, during the press conference, the method of terminating Pinto's contract as it came in a civilized manner by mutual consent between the two parties, after assessing the situation during the last period, as he put it, indicating that there are several reasons behind terminating the contract, one of which is related to the coach himself, and another to the union The ball, without explaining the truth of these reasons, stressing at the same time that a new coach for the national team from among three coaches will be revealed soon.

Athletes named the former coach of Al Ain, Croatian Zoran Mamic, and his compatriot Zlatko Dalic, as the most prominent candidates for the task.

Al-Sahlawi said, "We held lengthy meetings in the Football Association with coach Bento, and we agreed to end the relationship, given the difficulty of its continuation."

He pointed out that «the circumstances did not serve Pinto and his technical staff during his previous work period, due to lack of time, especially in the wake of the long period of stoppage of players from playing, due to (Corona).

Al-Sahlawi added: “Our calculations may be inaccurate in choosing, but we must stop and consider all the circumstances that led to the termination of the relationship, and work to correct the course, so that this is not at the expense of the team, and we preferred to take a quick decision to end the relationship so that the team would not be affected, We are working to correct the situation ».

Al-Sahlawi stressed that "the coach succeeded in introducing a group of young players, such as Hareb Suhail and Majid Sorour, in addition to giving the opportunity to some players, such as Shaheen Abdul Rahman, Khalil Ibrahim and Abdullah Ramadan."

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