2023-12-17 14:37:00
12/17/2023 09H37
18 years ago, Jorge Fossati apologized to his country, Uruguay, for “being the first person responsible” for losing the playoffs to Australia for the 2006 World Cup. Today, Peru places itself in his hands, in his vast experience. And the professor, at 71 years old, takes on the challenge – “bigger than that of the ‘U'”, according to his own representative – as a revenge that football, life, gives him. “I dream of the World Cup,” he said upon his arrival in Lima yesterday afternoon. His dream is everyone’s.
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“I’m not crazy, I’m convinced that it can be (classified). Whether it’s me or whoever it is. A lot is missing. I am convinced that we assume something that is possible. Two years from now I see Peru in the World Cup,” he added.
It is a matter of hours for the Uruguayan to be made official as the new Bicolor coach. The context in which he takes office is the same as when he took the reins of his country’s team. In 2004 he replaced Juan Ramón Carrasco, now Juan Máximo Reynoso. And the task (obligation) is none other than to get us from the bottom of the standings (two points in six rounds of the Qualifiers) to start dreaming about the 2026 World Cup.
Jorge Fossati led Uruguay from June 2004 to November 2005. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Don Jorge’s first steps on this new path will be wrapped up in farewells, welcomes and planning. The coach will meet with Jean Ferrari, administrator of Universitario, to thank him for two things: 1) for having opted for him to arrive in Peru; and 2) let him go despite the fact that the club’s centenary project will be left – for the moment – without a leader.
Fossati would later meet with the FPF Board of Directors and with Juan Carlos Oblitas, the general director of football who had to lie to go see him in Uruguay. With Ciego, the coach will begin planning to revive the Bicolor: the March friendlies in Europe will be vital, in addition to the Copa América that will be played in mid-2024. Then he will return to his country to resolve some issues.
???????? Jorge Fossati has just arrived in Peru and in the coming days he will meet with the FPF to finalize details of his agreement with the Peruvian National Team. pic.twitter.com/7klwYwGJor
— Soccer Fans – Peru (@fanaticospe) December 16, 2023
Once the story of Reynoso’s departure is over, Jorge Fossati’s new path will begin shortly. It will be his expected revenge, perhaps the icing on the cake for his extensive and successful career. Champion in five countries, with a South American title under his arm… Why not qualify for a World Cup?
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