Everywhere José Pekerman stopped he was a winner. Multiple World Cup winner at the youth level as well as winner in Mexican football helped his portfolio. His brief time as coach of the Argentine senior side ended up mired in controversy because of the way he mismanaged the quarterfinal clash against Germany where he left a 19-year-old Lionel Messi on the bench and used a slower José Cruz as well as Estebán Cambiasso to hold the middle.
Although the best job of his coaching career could be the one he is currently doing with the Colombian national team. This is why Uruguayan daily El País awarded him as the Best Coach in South America.
As a fan, I was ecstatic to hear that the Colombian Federation were going to begin talks with the former Toluca and Argentine national team coach. At the same time I was kind of mad at him for bumping my sister-in-law off her flight in order to fly into Miami to speak to Magic City “frequenteur” (got dibs on that word) Luis Bedoya.
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