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Venezuela Sacks Coach After World Cup Hopes End

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News of Argentine Batista’s sacking, alongside his entire backroom staff, came after President Nicolas Maduro had called for a “restructuring of the technical staff”.

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Lean Left

Venezuela has never participated in a World Cup. This will probably not change in the coming year. That's why the coach has to go.

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Fernando Batista is no longer the coach of Venezuela, the Venezuelan Football Federation announced today.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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Venezuela failed to qualify for the World Cup. Now the national team captain Fernando Batista, 55, is being fired. "We failed in our goal," he writes on X.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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The Venezuelan Football Federation decided to dispense with Batista's services after failing in its attempt to classify the Vinotinto to the World Cup 2026

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By Federico Leiva, CNN en Español No more. Less than 24 hours after Venezuela's crushing defeat to Colombia in Maturín, which eliminated them from the 2026 World Cup, the Venezuelan Football Federation announced the dismissal of its technical director, Fernando "Bocha" Batista. "The Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) informs the public that, following the conclusion of the qualifying process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Fernando 'Bocha' Batist…

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TVN broke the news in on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
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