After the controversial celebration, Che García said there was “a pact” of silence about his departure from the Argentine team

Defeat first Dominican Republic at the end of the American qualifiers, which left the Albiceleste team out of the Men’s World Cup in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesiawas enthusiastically celebrated by an Argentine, Nestor Garcia. The Bahia coach took charge of the Central American squad last September, less than a month after his controversial departure trainer of the biancoceleste team and reached in Mar del Plata “the most important victory” of Dominican basketball history.

Shortly after that expansive party, which did not please many Argentine fans, That He said the victory against his former coaches “wasn’t revenge” and assured that there was “an agreement” not to divulge the real reasons for his departure from the national team.

“They took me off because they had to take me off. If it was right, the others have to say it. Decisions are like this. Only two people know why I’m no longer in the Argentine team: neither I nor that person will ever say. Agreements are agreements, then what say others are all conjecture,” he assured in an interview with Radio The Net.

Garcia’s controversial departure from the Argentina squad came as no surprise to many. although the Argentine Confederation He justified that it was due to “privacy reasons”, in the basketball environment it was already known that the link between DT and his players had been severed.

From the university environment there was talk of a series of “events” and “non-professional acts”. That – inappropriate behavior in the hotel, in front of the players; the suspicion that many nights he left the concentration; the absence in training and also the unusual method chosen to direct the last game, which had created unease in the group.

Finally, after a meeting between the liaison officers and the coach, it was agreed that the cycle had come to an end. The announcement of his departure came one day after the triumph of the Albiceleste against the Bahamas, precisely for the World Cup qualifiers, and four before the start of the America’s Cup in Brazil, in which Argentina ended up lifting the trophy, with Paul Prison in the bank.

Already in charge of the Dominican Republic, García was faced with an unusual situation over the weekend: because a place at the World Cup was at stake in a one-on-one match between his new team and his old coaches. And while for many that wild celebration after the Central Americans’ victory may have seemed like revenge, he assured that it was not.

“This is not a rematch. I am very grateful that they called me to the Argentina team at that moment, what happens is that things end here. Our career is like this. Later we know what is the life story of each coach. I wanted to win with the Dominican Republic. When the game was over, my players came looking for me, hugged me, threw me up. What would I tell them, not to do it when they were happy because they had achieved something historic?” he commented.

And he continued: “I have absolutely nothing wrong in my heart or in my head for everything I’ve experienced, I think about now, about the future and this is a very important step in my career. Very strange things happen in sport, on the pitch it’s 5 against 5. I believe in it a lot, and I say it with God watching me: my dream was for us and Argentina to qualify.”

The Bahian said that after the victory he received a phone call from the Dominican president, Luis Abinaderwho ensured that the victory against Argentina “was the most important in his country’s basketball”.

And he closed: “I’m Argentinian, for everything this team has historically done, which deserves the utmost respect, all these guys are my teammates even if we’re gone. And it’s certainly a strange situation. I don’t know who How many people has this been given to lead two teams in an international tournament to qualify for a World Cup and only have to face my country ”.