Wilson Morelo's candidate to lead the national team

The scorer of Independiente Santa Fe wants an Argentine coach in the 'Tricolor'

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The elimination of the Colombia National Team from Qatar 2022 undoubtedly left a bitter taste throughout the country. Despite José Néstor Pékerman's victory against Venezuela, the 'Tricolor', refused to play its third consecutive world cup.

Several sectors are looking for the culprits of the debacle that was coming after the poor performance of the Colombian national team in the World Cup qualifiers under the baton of Portuguese Carlos Queiroz and later with Reinaldo Rueda.

Several media outlets in the country say that the second cycle of the former coach of the Chilean national team would have come to an end after failing to achieve the goal of leading Colombia to its seventh world cup.

Even since the painful defeat to Peru at the Metropolitan of Barranquilla on the last qualifying date, names began to be leaked to replace Reinaldo Rueda for the 2026 World Cup that will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

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First of all, there was talk of Ricardo Gareca, the Argentine coach sounded strongly to take the reins of the coffee team because the work he has done with Peru makes him ideal among the fans to take over.

Likewise, there was talk of Juan Carlos Osorio, who offered to direct the Colombia National Team for free, which caused controversy in the directors of the América de Cali, a team of which he is currently a technician.

Similarly, former player Faustino Asprilla put on the table the name of the Brazilian coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, who led him during his time in Palmeiras in the late nineties.

The truth is that at the moment the fate of the vallecaucano coach has not been defined, who after the game against 'Vinotinto', left his position at the disposal of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) who will decide on its continuity.

Meanwhile, the striker in the service of Independiente Santa Fe, Wilson Morelo, through his official Twitter account gave his candidate to lead the Colombian National Team in which he tagged the same Federation.

The publication has the image of Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, who was recently dismissed from his position as head coach of Leeds United of the English Premier League where he has been since 2018.

Wilson Morelo wants Bielsa in the national team
The player from Santa Fe asked the Argentine for the 'Tricolor'. Taken from @wilsonmorelo19

However, the rosarino is raining suitors and according to information from some British media, the Bolivian national team would have already maintained contact with the former coach of the 'Albiceleste' to make him a formal offer.

It should be recalled that Marcelo Bielsa came close to leading the national team in 2006, but due to the lack of infrastructure at that time, no agreement was reached and ended up landing in Chile that qualified South Africa in 2010 and built the famous golden generation that years later became the two-time champion of the Americas.

On the other hand, Wilson Morelo is carrying out an outstanding campaign with Santa Fe in the Dimayor Betplay League where he accumulates 11 goals.

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