Argentinian Gustavo Alfaro was presented this Thursday as the new coach of Costa Rica and convinced that the team can compete with the best.

“I don’t feel inferior to anyone. If we believe in it, we can compete with the best“Attitude is the path of the national team,” said the new coach of the Costa Rica national team, a 61-year-old man.

Are you looking for new utopias? Coach Gustavo Alfaro has an agreement to lead Costa Rica

Alfaro arrives in Costa Rica after Ecuador qualified for the 2020 World Cup in Qatar2 and after a great career on the Argentina bench and a short-lived adventure in Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia.

Along with him, the Argentine appeared in front of the press six members of his professional staff and highlighted his desire to “win” in command of the Costa Rica team.

“I come to compete, For me, losing is not the same as winning and I came to generate that attitude. “I want to win,” he said.

The He will have his first test on Thursday, November 16 at home against Panama in the first match of the quarterfinals Concacaf Nations League. He will have to make his first call this Friday.

Alfaro arrives on the Costa Rican bench with the credentials of having won the Copa Sudamericana with Argentina’s Arsenal in 2007, with whom he also won three domestic titles in Argentina in addition to the Super Cup in that country with Boca Juniors.

Alfaro fills the void left by Colombian Luis Fernando Suárez, who, despite Costa Rica’s qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, did not convince the leaders or the fans, which is why he was sacked in July. (D)