Jose Joaquin Aguilar, President of Costa Rica's Football Federation, told Monday's La Nacion newspaper that Alexandre Guiamaraes, the national team's manager, will keep his job, even though the team was kicked out of soccer's World Cup.
It makes no sense to change the five-week-old decision to renew Guiamaraes contract, Aguilar said: "if that were the case, we would have to change manager every time we had a bad result. That makes no sense."
"I have nothing more to say on this topic. I want Guima to continue," he added.
Pablo Lopez, a member of the Federation's executive committee, said that although fans were not happy with the current results, the committee is trying to think of the long term.
"We are betting on continuity, not on improvisation. Now we have to think of our next major goal: reaching the next World Cup in South Africa in 2010," he said.
Costa Rica fell two games: a 2-4 defeat to Germany and a 0-3 defeat to Ecuador at the ongoing 2006 World Cup.
Aguilar said he would not predict Tuesday's match between Poland and Costa Rica, but added that come what may, Guiamaraes would remain in charge.
"One cannot clean today's clothes using tomorrow's sunny day, but in soccer there is always pressure and one has to stand firm and do the right thing," Aguilar said.