Eduardo Berizzo is not complicated not to know the victory: “It will come, but what you have to find is an idea of ​​play and solidify it”

Eduardo Berizzo isn’t worried about La Roja’s poor results. True to his convictions, the Argentinian director ensures that not knowing the victories at the controls of the Chilean team is not a complication, since he cares about finding the formula that gives solidity to the team. During the conference before the duel with Slovakia, the technical director spoke about the next challenge for the national team and spoke about the loss against Poland.

The strategist assured that, despite the defeat against the Europeans, the duel served to find a style of play that identifies with the team: “What has been done with Poland must invite us, challenge us to repeat it. Whether it’s a roadmap for staying aligned with a way of playing, which has to do with possession, moving, creating spaces, generating control of the game, taking control of the game. As I said in the post-match conference, compared to the volume of play, you have to create more danger. We had two possible situations and we have to generate more, since all the time we had the ball”.

“Slovakia are a team that withdraws, but also takes control of the ball. It will be a challenge for us to impose ourselves on who uses the ball best. What we did with Poland, that’s how the footballers also expressed it, happy or not, the result tarnishes it, but it means a path for us, ”added the coach.

For Berizzo, defeats are not important, in fact, on the contrary. For the coach, facing teams qualified for the World Cup means a big challenge for a team that is still at the start of a new process. “Our rivals have been World Cup rivals, who demanded of us and showed us our weaknesses, our shortcomings. This will also make us grow. It wouldn’t do us any good to find matches that don’t require you and, despite unfavorable results, our process requires measuring strengths with someone important or, even, someone in a better position than ours, in this case, teams qualified for the World Cup. They showed us a reality and it’s not bad to know it, the bad thing would be to hide it and not recognize it . From these games we also know what we need to improve for next year, we will be sure of that”.

Along the same lines, Berizzo says he hopes to come up with a match idea before the first victory of his time in charge of the Chilean team, as it will help build a strong team. “We are awaiting the recovery of players who have finished with 90 minutes, but these will not be massive changes, just some options that we want to see in certain places on the pitch. As for the victories, they will come. What you need to come up with is a game idea and solidify it. A team becomes strong when they repeat good performances and we have to repeat and improve our performance against Poland tomorrow. then victory will come “, he says.

“We never felt like favourites. This is not a very favorable exercise for feeling overconfident. This match has an important meaning because we have to play the same and better than with Poland. Let’s hope for an opponent who plays well, who retires, who goes against him very quickly with technically gifted, very fast and good footballers. It will be a big test for us,” he added of the game against Slovakia.

Victories are important and Berizzo knows it, but he insists on the importance of finding the identity of the team. “The results are important, of course. In a process, you have to have confidence, but sometimes believing in adversity is much more important than believing when things are going well. We come from two World Cups without qualification, but if we face a third Qualifier with the despair of what has happened in the past, it will not be a good state of mind. I believe in my footballers, I believe we can play like the other day and even better. From finding a line of play, we win then. It would not be good to get results without knowing why or to get an unfair result or to win in any way. It does not guarantee a line of play. We all want to win, but I prefer to win the way I choose. Rather than thinking about the outcome and the impact defeats have on my process, I focus on finding security and solidity for the future. “condemned the coach.