One of the team’s strikers, Alejandro Hales, adds that “we have to keep fighting in this South America”. While their coach, Hernán Caputto, said ‘the boys had a very high level of competitiveness’.
Chile’s locker room was pure bliss. Victory against Uruguay in the South American Sub 17 restored the hope they had lost on their failed debut against Brazil.
But with goals from Alejandro Hales and Iván Román, La Rojita returns to the competition which is looking for qualified South Americans for the planetary meeting of the category. “We did the job and took another step to qualify for the World Cup “Assures the author of the first goal.
The Palestinian player adds that “we can’t think beyond that, we have to go step by step. Wednesday is our turn with Colombia and Friday with Ecuador and we want to win both games to achieve our first objective which is to qualify for the next round”.
Another who shows his joy for the three points obtained against the Charrúas is the technical director of the national team, Hernan Caputto . “I am very happy with the victory. I know that winning in a South American is not everything, because I always say that the important thing is the game. But today the boys had a very high competitiveness and with Uruguay you have to have it, because otherwise you won’t be able to beat them “, he says.
Then, the former coach of the University of Chile confesses that he felt with the change of venue from the Christian Benítez stadium to the Monumental de Guayaquil. “I appreciate it for the sake of the show. It was good to have changed the venue because the pitch didn’t help us in the previous game. Today the peloton helped us a lot and the competing teams will say the same “, sentence.
Caputto announces that this Tuesday his managers will do tactical work during the few hours between qualifying commitments to the universal party. “We have to go date after date and above all we have to get the players back”.
On the other side of the coin, the central defender of the Orientals –Paolo Calione – blames own mistakes for defeat. “We didn’t take advantage of the opportunities we had at the top and we made mistakes in defence. For that we are not satisfied, nobody likes to lose, but we have to keep fighting in this South America,” he concludes.
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