Jackson Martínez is the authority itself when talking regarding the Colombian National Team. His experience, his goals, his central role in the 2014 ‘World Cup’, his 111 goals in a career full of successes but also setbacks, most of them due to physical problems, support his opinion on the direction the team should take following the painful page of the elimination of the Qatar World Cup.
His speech now goes more through the spirit, now that, in his new facet as a singer, he promotes his song ‘No hay doubt’: “We are proclaiming the word of God through music and this genre, we want to reach the heart of the people so that we look at ourselves in the mirror that God shows us, and at the same time the hope that everyone who fully trusts in him gives”, he says. But football is a tattoo, a necessary concern, a passion. That is why her voice must be heard very carefully:
success and failure
Success can lead you to two situations: one is to enjoy it with a grateful heart and know how to deal with difficult situations, understanding that none of this gives you security because you cannot buy life no matter how successful or money you have. Enjoying it is nice as long as you don’t put hope in it, because that’s where the worst pain will come, looking for something believing that there you will find satisfaction and that full satisfaction is not there at all. And failures are part of life and without them one would not be able to meditate and consider many things to learn and grow.
football, always there
It is not possible to disassociate yourself, in my case that I played soccer it is a passion that is there, it stays with you until you die.
Selection Man, if he wins or if he loses
Not with all direct contact but we interact through social networks, with others I have a closer relationship, I always got along with everyone. It’s hard (the elimination of Qatar) and much more so seeing the players and the potential we have. but the past can destroy the future. The past, what happened there, you cannot change. You can improve things in the future, know how to apply it better, and with what happened the national team is going to come out stronger, I want a coach to come who gives the opportunity to those in the best moment, who has group management, who players respect him and that what he says is what he does.
Candidates: local or foreign?
He would not have a specific name, I see him not as a person but as a whole, I hope that the Federation is careful to see that the coach has very good group management, that he commands respect from the players but from the example, that be someone who is truthful in his statements, in his relationship with the players, who has a good tactical system and who makes the national team play as they are used to.
Aval a Lorenzo
Experience… I’ve met several coaches who haven’t had much experience and have still succeeded, experience helps without a doubt in many aspects but he is a World Cup coach, who was successful as a player playing in World Cups and already as a coach, in his role as assistant, he was in two World Cups. He has the experience, perhaps not as the head, but if he were chosen he would have an advantage over a coach who knows nothing regarding the country. He would gain ground because many things would not take him by surprise, he would start working on things that will more or less include the players, the environment. The most important thing is that the chosen one makes the national team play well because if that happens more he will be able to win.
The mystique of 2014
The players are different, each group has its moment, we had a great moment, great players, we were a very united team, we were strong with each other, we were and we all understood that it was for the common good. But many factors influenced, going so many games without scoring was one of them, that creates intrigue, changes the atmosphere, people begin to lose credibility and that does not help. the players and the people must have a communication, the fans must be connected with the players to support, I am not saying not to accept when a bad game is played but there are times when the games are difficult and that is when the push is most needed.
I wouldn’t compare them because they are different times but I think we have a future and the more we work in the lower ranks of our teams to get more players with quality in the more advanced tactical part because we have technique by nature, but in the functioning of a team like a whole we will have better results.
Luis Diaz, cornerstone
At the moment he is the player that stands out the most, he is in the Champions League, in what for me is the best league in the world, England, I think he is doing very well and I see him very focused, willing to work and grow, He is willing to learn and those are pillars to move forward. But to say that it is the cornerstone, I would not say it, there are others at a good time, perhaps not at the same time as it, but players will continue to come, therefore we are privileged to have it, as has happened in history, and You have to keep supporting.
Who is it?
Sinisterra does an excellent job, being in the Dutch league does not have as many comments, but spectacular; erase too and he talks to us a lot, with all the bulls that come they will have a future in the Selection and they will go far, they are very young and are in competent leagues
James, Cuadrado, Falcao… are they history?
Not for me. Before we talk regarding them being history, players will have to arrive who can succeed them. What is the use of saying not to call James, A Cuadrado, Falcalo, if there are no players prepared to replace them. Whether or not they should go to the national team should be the decision of the coach who arrives, it depends on how he sees the future of the national team and if they have something to contribute, which I think so, but he will say whether or not he will have them thinking regarding starting a long future will tell whether or not I count on these players because I want to start a long and new process.
