During his tenure as Colombia coach, Pékerman led the 2014 and 2018 World Cups. Photo: Files

The announcement of the Venezuelan Football Federation Regarding the departure of the Argentinian Jose Pekerman at the controls of his national team, this after the coach expressed his dissatisfaction by means of a letter due to shortcomings of the entity, but in the background of the story he could be involved Pascal Lezcanoconsidered his right arm and for whom he had already received complaints about player bans when he was the coach of Colombia.

Experienced sports journalists from the country recalled the passage of Pekerman for the Colombian selectionwhere in addition to being able to classify the Tricolor at the World Cups in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018, he was involved in some complaints about whether or not to place players in the national team according to the convenience of the businessman Pascal Lezcanowho held the position of manager of the Venezuelan team and who was allegedly exposed to irregularities by the leaders of the Venezuelan federation a few days before Pekerman He will announce his departure as a coach.

“Pascual Lezcano would leave the managerial position in Venezuela. Several sources tell me that administrative irregularities have been discovered; lack of ethics and transparency, similar to what was being said in Colombia”, was the tweet with which Win Sports journalist Felipe Sierra warned of what was happening in the Venezuelan team.

Finally, the departure of the coach of the Red wine and the rumors multiplied, since the Argentine journalist Pablo Carroza denounced that the real reason for which he left his post was the “business with the summoned“, which was not surprising Carlos Antonio Velez e ivan mejiawhich were sent from their Twitter accounts to refer to what they believe also happened during the passage of Jose Pekerman for the Colombian selection.

“Don’t tell me! ….Does my face show surprise? What is the name of this TV show? It will be “You will fall too” was a message left by Velez in the tweet regarding Felipe Sierra’s information on the problems of lezcano with the Venezuelan Football Federation.

The caleño complained about Pekerman's situation in Venezuela.  @PajaritoDeIvan
The caleño complained about Pekerman’s situation in Venezuela. @PajaritoDeIvan

Similarly, the ESPN reporter Francisco Velez He recalled when the Argentine was Colombia’s technical director and would have erased current América de Cali striker Carlos Darwin Quintero from appeals.

Velez asserted that these subjects were authorized by the Colombian Football Federation because of the good results of the coach, but that in Venezuela it was not the same, he also added that at the time Quintero was no longer called up to the Habs because he would have refused to change club when Pascal Lezcano asked him.

“It has always been an open secret, Pascual Lezcano imposed the system of summoning players to gain economic advantage. In Colombia they allowed it because of Pekerman’s undeniable results with the national team, but in Venezuela they realized he wanted to do the same AND CHAO… Anyone who wants stronger evidence should listen to the Carlos Darwin Quintero interview that they erased him from the selection because he did not accept the team that Lezcano had for him and since he went to another, from one outside the selection”, was the message of the trills in which Velez denounced what would have happened in Colombian selection When Pekerman he was the coach.

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