Despite being in the country for talks and activities, the former La Roja DT will take on his first game on home soil this Wednesday in more than seven years.
More than seven years had to pass before Jorge Sampaoli returned to lead a party in Chile. A period in which his career became international and in which he had to live with unfavorable results and successful processes. Now, under the command of the Flamengo team of Vidal y Pulgar, they will travel to the Ester Roa ground to face Ñublense for the Copa Libertadores.
A duel where his time in the national team will continue to be present. And it is that despite the fact that Sampaoli left Santiago a long time ago, his name is still not forgotten in these regions. On the one hand there is the love of the fans who continue to enjoy the Copa América 2015, the Round of 16 Brazil 2014 and one of the best releases of the Golden Generation. But on the other, his complex exit, the remembered episode of “the hostage” and the ongoing trial which confronts him with the ANFP for moral damages and breach of contract.
The latter is perhaps the most complex edge that remains of the link between the Transandean and La Roja. A story that dates back to early 2016, when the National Professional Football Association filed a complaint against “Who is responsible directly targeting Jadue for her involvement in bribery and corruption cases. In this same complaint, a chapter was included in which the coach and his team were accused of acts which, in his opinion, consisted of crimes such as “significant payments for carrying out an analysis of the program and certain presentations to the National Football Institute (INAF), which would not have been carried out ”.
Once Sampaoli, Sebastián Beccacece and Jorge Desio were acquitted of the charges by the ANFP (December 18, 2018), they chose to take legal action for breach of contract and moral damages, claiming $4.8 million in compensation. .
The trident demanded that each be compensated with 700 million pesos in moral damages for unjustly linking them to former ANFP president Sergio Jadue, who was sued in the Fifa Gate scandal. In addition, it stipulated that the association owed payments related to marketing and image rights licensing contracts, during the period they led the national team (2012-2016), for which they claimed 100 million more. for each.
“The Federation’s treatment of the entire coaching staff, including many footballers, was ridiculous . We only accompany a group that has accomplished a lot. I understand that Chilean culture has a bit of a hard time accepting winners, and this generation gave a lot of joy. I was upset that they didn’t appreciate “, he said last year in an interview with DNA, where he also pointed to this confrontation in court. “The lawsuit is related to the fact that the Federation did not pay taxes in our jobs and we had to deal with it . Another bad thank you, because we had to take care of taxes that did not correspond to us, ”he added.
But this episode is not the only one that marked his departure from the national team, since for the national sports group the word hostage was forever linked to Sampaoli. It was a few days before leaving the post of DT.
“I don’t want to work or live in the countryside “, he launched immediately on this occasion, which will later end up assuming the bench of Seville. “I never imagined that in such a short time the image of an idol who gave so much to Chilean football would be destroyed was another statement.
The phrases that caused that adoration that the coach had after getting the Copa América came to an end. He ended up with a large handful of followers, but he also gained many detractors, losing the transverse support he had during those years.
Sampaoli now returns to compete in Chile. He does it by the hand of a questioned Flamengo and with Arturo Vidal as one of the most criticized. “Need to look for another club “, they warn about the midfielder. In the case of the strategist, despite the fact that they have not yet called for his departure, he received constant chants from the fans in the stadium and insults in the concentrations. Ñublense and Ester Roa are waiting for you.
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