Although the national team managed to insinuate some of the principles that Toto wants to impose in the cycle which begins, the Asians imposed the speed of their movements and a suffocating pressure at times to destroy the aspirations of a more auspicious first. An unstoppable free-kick from the Tottenham striker sealed the score at 2-0.
Eduardo Berizzo’s cycle in the national team begins with a 2-0 defeat. The national team, made up of a list that was not even made by its new coach, did not resist the hierarchy, but above all the speed of South Korea, who felt superior practically throughout the match and marked the differences between a consolidated formula, which is preparing to intervene in the World Cup in Qatar, and another which has just added some training sessions with its new coach and which projects itself more towards a new process, although it looks askance at FIFA and the resolution of this agency for the Byron Castillo affair, which can register the Red in the planetary rendezvous by administrative means.
For Chile, it was a game of insinuations . To want to show from the beginning some of the principles that would make the difference compared to the efforts carried out by Martín Lasarte and, further on, Reinaldo Rueda, the technicians who led the unsuccessful sporting attempt to reintegrate into the tournament that brings together the best teams in the planet. In the first minutes with his new master ashore, the national team tried to recover the identity of other times. One of those Berizzo joined, albeit in a more secondary role: La Roja came out to put pressure on his rival practically in his field, in a remake of that high pressure that dazzled in Marcelo Bielsa’s time and Jorge Sampaoli .
The national team’s tactical figure also resembled the stages most remembered by national supporters: line of four men in the background, with Paulo Díaz, a mainstay of the River Plate as a reference, a midfielder who offered as a novelty the presence of Gary Medel, who historically played in the background when playing for La Roja , and three nominal strikers, with Ben Brereton as centre-forward . There were two problems: that the hierarchy of players who were on the court was not the same and that the operation still naturally requires a lot of time to adapt.
Speeding
The owner took advantage of this last aspect, taking advantage, precisely, of two of the novelties offered by the new version of the national selection: Nayel Mehssatou and Alex Ibacache. The Belgium-born lane player and the Evertonian were responsible for covering the tapes and, strictly speaking, they suffered the most. The first was defeated on Hwang Hee-chan’s diabolical attack in the 12th minute, which meant the only goal of the match, after a definition of the right hand against which Fernando de Paul did not even have the chance. opportunity to intervene. . The second ended up sent off for a double warning as the second half was just beginning, an incident that ended up dismantling Toto’s original plan.
The Korean victory is in line with what happened on the pitch, where they were more solvent and, naturally, more consistent. Chile, on the other hand, took 35 minutes to reach the rivals goal, thanks to a forehand from Marcelino Núñez, although in this passage of the game he seemed inspired, because just two minutes later Diego Valencia did not could not capitalize on a good expedition. by Jean Menese. At the end of the first stage, Ben Brereton had the clearest opportunity. The Blackburn Rovers forward fired a cross shot and deflected .
This passage of the game, at least, refreshed the image of the first minutes.
A turbulent fence
It is said that the expulsion of Ibacache upset any idea of going to seek the re-entry. On the contrary, the modifications that Toto had to introduce were rather aimed at avoiding a catastrophe .
Korea continued to dominate the game, although with less intensity than in the first leg of the engagement. The defense suffered less, but the Chilean attack was sporadic. Once again Brereton had a great chance to score, in the 72nd minute as he went hand in hand past the keeper but missed.
And, to top it off, in the end, the figure of the day, Heung-Min Son, affixed his seal. The Tottenham striker beat De Paul with a hard free kick to make it 2-0. Berizzo makes his debut on the wrong foot and, together with his students, they go to the Kirin Cup to continue looking for the qualities that will distinguish their management.
South Korea
K.Seunggyu; K. Moonhwan, J. Seong-Hyun. K. Kyung-Won, H. Chul; Na Sang-Ho (75′, Won Sang), J. Woo-Young (67′, Cho Gue-Sung), H. In-Beom, Hwang Heechan; J. Woo-Yeong; Heung-Min Son (90′+2, Ko Seung-Beom)
TD: Paulo Bento
Chili
F.DePaul; N. Mehssatou, P. Diaz, B. Kuscevic, A. Ibacache; T. Alarcón (67′, P. Galdames), G. Medel, M. Núñez (67′, J. Montecinos); D. Valencia (83′, J. Rojas), B. Brereton (83′, R. Fernández), J. Meneses (56′, E, Mena).
TD: Eduardo Berizzo
Goals: 1-0, 12′, Hwang Hee-chan defines with the right hand after a quick exit from Korea; 2-0, 90′, Son, free throw.
It was played at Daejeon World Cup Stadium. The Japanese Ryuji Sato directed, who warned Ibacache and Díaz, in Chile. He expelled Ibacache, at minute 53, due to a double warning.
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Source: Latercera
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