The national team ended up losing 4-0 to Argentina in the preparatory duel for the shock against Senegal or Haiti.
The Chilean women’s team played its last friendly match on Friday before facing Senegal or Haiti in the World Cup qualifiers in Australia and New Zealand.
ANDThe national team ended up losing 4-0 against their Argentine counterpart in the duel which took place at North Harbor Stadium, the same place where the passage to the group stage of the World Cup will be played. .
On this occasion, coach José Letelier took advantage of trying variations by presenting a team with several young players in his stellar eleven, highlighting the presence of Ámbar Figueroa and Catalina Figueroa who were present at the Under-18 World Cup 17 years.
The opening of the account took place in the 1940s. After a long ball into the box, Eliana Stabile controlled the ball and overflowed in search of the goal. Despite the mark of Fernanda Ramírez, the trans-Andean player managed to define herself as best she could, thus surprising Christiane Endler who barely reacted to the game. .
Already in the second half, Letelier introduced some changes, among them the departure of the goalkeeper from Olympique de Lyon to allow the entry of Antonia Canales. She should have conceded the last three goals in the second half.
The result widened in favor of Argentina in the 49′. Ámbar Figueroa committed a criminal foul on Romina Núñez and Mariana Larroquette was responsible for scoring the partial 2-0 .
Then, at 71′, after a through ball, the ball was too far for Yamila Rodríguez, so Canales went down to control the ball. However, the ball slipped out of his hands, giving Argentina the chance to make it 3-0. .
The victory ended in 90+3′. After a poor clearance from the defense, the ball remained in a circle in the box and the Albiceleste took advantage of the chaos. Thus, Florencia Bonsegundo put her name on the scoreboard, putting the final 4-0 .
Letelier: “A series of errors have occurred which can no longer happen to us”
After the match, coach José Letelier analyzed the game, pointing directly to mistakes made on the pitch that could leave La Roja without a chance of World Cup qualification if repeated in the next game.
“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 were superior to Chile, but not in the quantity (reflected by) the score”, he began by saying.
“The important thing is that we have the game left, which is the final (of the playoffs). This is where we have to put out our best game and look for the rankings. . We did not expect such a result,” he admitted.
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 ”.
Finally, he clarified that the eleven presented for the duel against Albiceleste will not necessarily be the same to face Senegal or Haiti. “These were scheduled changes. We had the idea to make the five changes and logically the team will define it these days “, concluded José Letelier.
Christiane Endler: “Tactically, it was a very bad match”
On the side of the players, goalkeeper Christiane Endler took the floor. In his analysis of the duel, he reflected that it was “a difficult game, maybe a bit unreal for us, because we played with a very young team, with a lot of girls who were making their national team debut and I think in the first half we did pretty well defensively,” he said.
“We made a mistake which cost us the goal and I think the level dropped a lot in the second half. We made a mistake, we missed the mark. I think the changes didn’t help. I think tactically it was a very bad game. We must learn from the mistakes we made today “, he launched.
Then, when asked if this result created any uncertainty, Endler noted that “it’s always frustrating. Losing generates unpleasant things for you, but I think we are focused on the next game . Today 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 “, he concluded.
From now on, the Reds will have to wait for the crossing between Senegal and Haiti scheduled for 22:00 today. Whoever overcomes this key will face Chile on Tuesday, February 21 at the same time .
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