 In 1993, he was voted as the South American coach of the year by El Pais and he was ranked third in Spanish Newspaper Marca's list of the world's greatest managers.He returned to Colombia in 1992. and got his team América de Cali champion of Colombia.In 1993, he got Colombia qualified for a second time in a row to a World Cup, with a historic triumph over Argentina in Buenos Aires by 5–0.