Bolillo Gómez is an old acquaintance for Guatemala’s fans, After having directed the major combination during 2006 to 2008, A few months after the start of the 2010 World Cup Qualifier.
Of that, 15 years have passed And since then the Colombian coach has been adding adventures in different selections.
In Central America it was already in processes as selections such as Panama (2014-2018), Then he did it with Honduras in the period from 2021 to 2022 and now add another country from the region to the front of El Salvador, on the road to the 2026 World Cup.
“I am happy to be here, waiting for us to give us the possibility, I fight to go to the World Cup“Gomez said at the headquarters of the Salvadoran Football Federation.
However, the Colombian said that getting El Salvador to classify the World Cup “It’s not easy,” but “we’re going to work for that.”
The 69 -year -old coach will debut with El Salvador in a friendly with the Houston Dynamo club of the MLS on March 19 in the United States.
El Salvador has come to two World Cups, Mexico-1970 and Spain-1982.
LA Salvadoran team competes in Group F of Concacaf in the 2026 World Cup qualifier.
After two dates, El Salvador marches third behind Puerto Rico and Surinam. The other members of the group are San Vicente and the Granada and Anguilla.
His next duel of the tie will be June 10 against Surinam.
The two best of group F will move on to the next phase of the qualifier, which distributes three direct tickets to the World Cup and two to Repescas. The United States, Mexico and Canada have their presence insured as they are the hosts of the tournament.
The president of the National Sports Institute (INDES), Yamil Bukele, assured that Gomez’s work with the SELECTA is thought “In the long term”.
Gomez took Colombia to the World Cup in France-1998 and then to Ecuador to his first planetary event in South Korea and Japan of 2002. He also led Panama to Russia-2018.
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