translated from Spanish: ANFP confirmed to DT that it will lead the Red Under 17 at the World Cup

There’s already a technician. Following Hernán Caputto’s departure from the Chilean U17 national team’ seat leading the World Cup in the category to be held in Brazil, the ANFP made Cristian Leiva the replacement who will lead the team in the planetary event. Leiva, who was the U 15 coach and analyst in the technical staff of Reinaldo Rueda in the adult Red referred to this new task. “I am very happy with this designation. It’s a great opportunity. I’m going to be working with the selections for seven years, an experience of the highest level. It’s time to contribute. There is a great expectation and this designation I also feel it as an endorsement of what we have done in two and a half years with the U15 team,” he told the official ANFP website.” We have been concerned with studying this successful generation of adult selection. The goal we set out to be able to transfer that DNA to the minor teams,” added the man who has been an analyst of the adult team since 2012 and trainer of sparring in the period of Jorge Sampaoli.For his part, Sebastián Moreno, president of the ANFP He said: “Leiva knows these players very well because he worked with them in the previous process with the Under 15. He was also working on the technical staffs of Jorge Sampaoli, Juan Antonio Pizzi and Reinaldo Rueda. One of our goals is that there is direct communication between all minor and adult selections and Cristian Leiva’s experience helps us a lot in that regard.”

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