Coach of Chile, Ecuador’s next rival, points out that since they ‘gave him up for dead’ the team got up

Chile’s coach, the Uruguayan Martín Lasarte, said that his team began to rebound in the South American World Cup in Qatar-2022 since the others left him for dead, which caused him to awaken a rebellion in his players.

“We have not achieved anything. What we did was stick our heads a bit (outside). We were drowning. They gave us up for dead and that also in football is a tool to have more rebellion, “said the coach, who valued the 1-0 victory over Paraguay in Asunción this Thursday for the thirteenth date of qualifying.

He said that the key to the nine consecutive points achieved after being penultimate in the world championship standings “is to believe in group unity”.

“Winning a visit is a much loved and very difficult trait“Said the counselor, who exclaimed:” Chile is alive. “

An own goal from the goalkeeper Paraguayan Antony Silva at 55 minutes it allowed the Red to stay with the victory and reach 16 units to climb to fourth place, with the same points as Colombia (fifth) and Uruguay (sixth) but better goal balance.

“The team behaved very well,” he stressed while admitting the importance of the youth Marcelino Nunez (21 years old) in the game played at the Defensores del Chaco stadium, in the Paraguayan capital.

The goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, which was practically not required except for a ball that miraculously hit a stick in his goal after 8 minutes of play, said he valued the victory in a very difficult place such as Assumption.

“We still haven’t got anything. We have to be aware that we have to push harder ”, he observed to emphasize that La Roja is a “fully current team”.

“For a long time (Chile) has wanted to do things in the best possible way. We have shown it in these last games. We needed to believe a little more in ourselves. Now more than ever we cannot miss (qualification for Qatar-2022) ”, he emphasized.

Superior to its rival

“We had control of the ball. Got a little lost in the final stretch. Paraguay never came out to press. We pressure them. We make them uncomfortable. We always start from behind, through the centrals, outside and through the center. We leave with the tremendous satisfaction of having triumphed in a very difficult redoubt ”, commented the keeper.

He attributed Chile’s resurgence to the faith of the players and the people in the national team. “We were practically out. If we did not get the victory today we were out, then we went out to look for the result on a very tough and difficult Paraguay, “he said. (D)