América de Cali made official this Friday Fernando 'Pecoso' Castro as the new technical director of the professional team.
In an official notice to the mass media the America assured that 'Pecoso' will sign its connection until the 30 of June of the 2019 and next to him the professors Juan Carlos Count and Vladimir Galindo will be incorporated.
"Next Sunday" Pecoso "will arrive in the city to be formally linked, for him and his entire technical staff all the support and best wishes in this new process," the letter concludes.
The manizaleño has a great acceptance by his iron handling of group, is considered him one of the great defenders of the discipline inside and outside the field, something that could benefit the red staff. He organizes his teams from back to front, because, statistically, he receives few goals. Controversial and direct, nothing is saved before managers and players to express what they feel.
He led the team in the 2002-2003 seasons, and it was precisely in the 2003 Copa Libertadores that he led the team to the semifinal after beating the Argentines Racing and River Plate, being eliminated at the hands of Boca Juniors (won 2-0). in Buenos Aires and 4-0 in Cali), which in the end was the champion to beat Santos of Brazil.
