The Devils and the Olympic dream

The Devils and the Olympic dream

Emiliano Monteleone was confirmed as new coach of Los Diablos during the second half of 2024. Together with his team they took charge of the national team that comes from achieving important milestones such as the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games and historic participation in a World Cup in January of that same year. Its cycle will begin competitively with the Nations Cup 2 that will be held from February 17 in Oman and grants a place to the champion for the Nations Cup.

“We started the process in August of last year. We had to adapt the planning a little due to changes in the competition calendar (NdR: the date of the Copa América was changed, from March to July)however The Chilean Federation managed to carry out an international series in December with the United States and the Mendoza National Team that allowed us to compete and evaluate. We finished the series on December 22 and resumed training on January 6.”the current coach began to tell.

Monteleone assured “be entering the set-up” for the engagement in Muscat. “Next week we will host Argentina to play three games before traveling to Oman. These games will help us a lot for the final adjustments”he explained. In addition, after these crossings, he will communicate who the two reserves are within the list of 20 players who will participate in the Nations Cup 2.

The Devils (23rd in the World) share a Group with China (22nd), Egypt (17th) and Poland (24th). In B, there will be Austria (19th), Oman (28th) -the local team-, Scotland (21st) and the United States (25th). “We have to enjoy the fact of competing in an International tournament again and competing in each game based on what we have worked on in these months of preparation”said Emiliano regarding the plan to follow to move forward.

Beyond this first step that they must take, the most ambitious goal has 2028 written on it: “We have a long road with the dream of competing in the final matches for the Los Angeles Olympic Games”hill.