The now ex -selector of Venezuela, Fernando Batista, during the last date of the South American Qualifiers.
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Argentine coach Fernando 'Bocha' Batista will not continue at the head of the Venezuela team, as confirmed on Wednesday the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF), after the Vinotinto was eliminated from the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada 2026.
The Venezuelan national team fell in Maturín on Tuesday against Colombia (6-3) in the eighteenth and last day of the South American qualifiers. This result away from the seventh place – the one who gave quota to the repechage – that remained in the hands of Bolivia.
Simply tell them that it is a very hard, very difficult time, in the football plane. We tried, we were behind a dream, but it couldn't be ”said the “Bocha” at a press conference after his team was eliminated from the World Cup event.
In a statement, the FVF announced that Batista has been separated from its functions together with its entire coaching staff, considering “necessary a change of course to ensure that the Vinotinto continues to progress in its growth and consolidation process”.
“El Bocha” arrived at the combined Vinotinto in the late 2021. He did it as an assistant of José Néstor Pékerman, who had been appointed as a technician for what was left of the process towards Qatar 2022. He was as an assistant for 10 games.
Batista took the reins of the Venezuelan team after Pékerman's departure and premiered as a coach in March 2023. Since then he directed a total of 28 games and his balance was from Nine victories, eight draws and eleven losses, for a performance of 41.6%.
This Wednesday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, requested a “restructuring of the coaching staff of the selection” and a “reorganization of the strategy, the doctrine and the combat and work line of the Vinotinto.” After a few hours the output of Batista was confirmed.
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