The multi-champion took over as the new DT of the Chilean women’s team, and in his first words as coach of La Roja he recalled his time in command of Las Albas.
This Wednesday what was already an open secret was announced: Luis Mena is the new coach of the Chilean women’s teamreplacing another former DT from Colo Colo as Jose Letelier.
The Multi-Champion had his press conference, where he delivered his first words as DT of the women’s team and explained why he accepted the challenge despite the fact that he was going to play the Copa Libertadores 2023 with the Cacique:
“I am very happy to participate in this new project. If there is something that gave me a feeling of leaving a comfort zone where I was, which was Colo Colo, it is because we are presented with a project with many challengesnot just compete ”, began the former Popular defense.
Your commanding intent The Female Red is power “leave a project that can be sustainable over time and that the players can develop and return to a place that we once had, as women’s national teams, where today we have been losing ground ”.
Mena does not hide her sorrow for leaving Colo Colo Femenino
When the one trained at the Monumental expressed his desire for this new challenge, he indicated that he has “feelings of regret for leaving a place where we were doing very interesting work. Today we were able to put Colo Colo back in a position that it had not had for a long time, and that is what motivated us to come here because we want to contribute that bit”.
“When I arrived at Colo Colo, I was a technician who didn’t know much about the environment, and our project was always based on several years where we could position it. And that’s how it was, with the support from there we were able to know the environment, everything that was happening, the good, the bad, and today we contribute not only in sports but also in our growth as a branch and that is what we want to do here“he added.
finally closed Luis Mena saying that “Today I leave Colo Colo not only as the current champion of the tournamentqualifying it for a Copa Libertadores, but also with a nice feeling that our players are 100% professionals“.
