The beginning of the era of Miguel “Piojo” Herrera as coach of the Costa Rica Selection He has been far from expected. The draws in front of Nicaragua (1-1) and Haiti (3-3) not only complicated the road to the 2026 World Cupthey also aroused the restlessness of the fans and put the Mexican strategist in the eye of the hurricane.
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The songs of “Outside Piojo!” In the National Stadium they reflected the discomfort, although from the Costa Rican Football Federation (FCRF) they sent a different message.
The president of the agency, Osael Maroto, went out of rumors and assured that Herrera’s continuity is not under discussion for now.
Meeting with the immediate coach and panorama
In statements offered to the program Sports encounterMaroto acknowledged that the start of the tie left concern within the Executive Committee, to the point of calling accounts the coach on September 15.
“We have talked with him, we brought him to accounts. Clearly, we are worried, we are busy, and we are with our eyes on the selection”Said the leader.
Even so, he wanted to make it clear that confidence in the project is maintained:
“When Miguel was hired we were all very satisfied, in the course of how the team evolved we were all very happy. These two games that we tied and that we should have won because we were up (…) are markers that leave you a sensation that was not what was expected. But to date we are happy with Miguel and we continue to believe that he is a great coach”, He explained.
Maroto stressed that, in terms of classification, Costa Rica still depends on herself. For that reason, a change of helmsman at this time is not considered the best exit. “We are happy with the result, clearly not. But from there to remove Miguel was not the solution we are looking for,” he said.
Uncertainty also reaches names that could be called in future calls. Consulted about the possibility that experience figures such as Celso Borges or Kendall Waston Return to the squad, the president avoided deepening and asked to wait for Herrera’s decisions.
The institutional support does not erase the doubts that persist in the fans, but for now the Federation maintains its bet. With the tie even in progress and margin of recovery, the “louse” has the opportunity to reverse the gray start and demonstrate that its arrival to the tricolor can bear fruit on the road to 2026.
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