of Jose de La Paz Herrera. Most of which was to a large extent negative, for the interests of the Honduran soccer. The process started when, the sports press put pressure on the president of the Honduran soccer federation; Rafael Leonardo Callejas to hire Chelato, because he was considered to be a "good and cheap coach." In the end Callejas caved in. The first test for Chelato in this new process was Copa UNCAF of Panama in 2003. This was also a qualifier tournament for the 2003 Gold Cup. But Ucles’ new process with the national team did not start well, Honduras lost 3 out of 5 matches in the tournament, finishing fourth. This forced the team to play off games against Trinidad & Tobago and Martinique. The team was supposed to win these two matches, if it were to participate in the upcoming Gold Cup. After this setback, Chelato was criticized harshly by the Honduran press, reason why on February 22, he said "from the beginning everything was lost". Because the players never did what he commanded them to do. Later on, Chelato said that he was ready to leave his post as the Honduras national football team coach, if the federation asked him to do so. Chelato versus Bora When the national team returned to Honduras from Panama, the directory of the soccer federation under Callejas' control once again was pressed by a sector of the media, to force Chelato out. Callejas did so, and replaced him with interim Coach: Edwin Pavón. Pavon took control of the national team and qualified it, to the Gold Cup, by getting positive results against Trinidad and Tobago and Martinique. After the participation of Pavón in the Mexico's Gold Cup, the directory of the Federation named Bora Milutinović as the new Honduran coach. The election of Milutinović caused a tremendous malaise, among Chelato's followers and the coach himself. Both, (Chelato and the sports press) would then be allies; in open opposition against the Serbian coach. They used all kind of tactics to make Milutinović's job difficult. But Milutinović qualified Honduras to the next round nonetheless. However, he did not resist the subsequent personal attacks, and literally left the country through the "back door." No one in Honduras noticed, until he was already, in his residence in Mexico. When Milutinović was contacted in his residence by Rafael Leonardo Callejas; he recommended Raúl Martínez