The Chilean team’s goalkeeper, who played the first 45 minutes of the 4-0 win over Argentina, also pointed out that “tactically it was a very bad game”.
La Roja faced this Friday a friendly preparation for the qualifiers it will play on Tuesday against the winner of the series between Senegal and Haiti in search of a place at the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Of course, the result was far from expected, since the Albiceleste ended up beating Chile 4-0 at North Harbor Stadium, the same venue where they will face the definition to participate in the World Cup .
After the game, Chilean goalkeeper Christiane Endler, who played the first leg of the game, made a strong self-criticism. In his analysis, he said it was “a difficult game, maybe a little unreal for us, because we played with a very young team, with a lot of girls who were making their debut in the national team and I think that in the first half we rather did well defensively ”.
Then he said that “we made a mistake which cost us the goal and then I think the level dropped a lot in the second half. We made a mistake, we missed the mark. I believe that the changes did not help reverse what we were going through. I think tactically it was a very bad game . We still have to learn from the mistakes we made today.”
Finally, when asked if this result creates uncertainty in the workforce, the goalkeeper of Olympique de Lyon specifies that “it is always frustrating. Losing generates unpleasant things for you, but I think we are focused on the next game. hToday was not the starting team. There are several (players) who have recently arrived from a trip from Europe and were not fit to play today. We hope that in these days that we still have to train we can quickly turn the page and let’s go for the game ”.
“We are left with a fundamental party which is the one that counts and we must go there for everything “, hill.
For his part, the technician Jose Letelier He pointed to the mistakes made in the duel to explain the heavy defeat. “These are situations that complicate the game. I think there were occasional mistakes. The result is very large for what was given in the game. Argentina was superior to Chile, but not in the amount (reflected) by the score “, he said.
“The important thing is that we have the game left, which is the final (of the playoffs). This is where you have to put out your best game and look for the classification. We did not expect such a result “, acknowledged the coach.
He also said that “mistakes make the difference. We were lucky to make it 1-0 with a clean game, it wasn’t like that, and then a series of mistakes happened that can no longer happen to us in the game that will truly define qualification for the World Cup ”.
Regarding the formation of this meeting, he pointed out that “These were planned changes. We had the idea to make the five changes and logically the team will define it these days ”.
Now, the Reds must focus on the clash against the winner of the key between Senegal and Haiti that they face today (22:00 in Chile). Said duel which delivers a quota for the World Cup will be defined next Tuesday at the same time.
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