La Roja sees its chances of reaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup on the rise; The Tricolor will look in Santiago de Chile for a result that confirms its classification.
With a three win streak, the selection of Chile receives Ecuador this Tuesday (19:15) looking to confirm your good time and improve the goalless draw (0-0) achieved in the first leg, in Quito, a result highlighted by the coach Martín Lasarte, being, by history, “practically impossible”.
“24 years ago (1997) that Chile did not score a point in Ecuador, I think it was practically impossible, ”Lasarte said in a press conference, in the preview of the game that Chileans and Ecuadorians will once again support, on the 14th date of the South American tie.
“I believe that We not only drew, but we played a good gameAt times a game of control, other moments that we generated and we had goal options, they too (Ecuador) ”, indicated the strategist.
Lasarte announced that Conditions and the procedure of the match will be different from those that were given on September 5 at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium.
“I believe that It will be a different game, now we are local, they are visiting, but also with a score with which to mediate a good result leaves the Ecuadorians very close to the World Cup and for us in a more auspicious position ”, he pointed out.
Those differences between party and party, they are for Lasarte typical of the South American tie. “With each game everything seems to change, in the end everything changes depending on the next result and that of others”, said the DT de la Roja, “optimistic”, to get the win.
Lasarte emphasized that “There are things that one cannot forget” in the preparation of this commitment, because “We have important absences and those things also influence, because having everyone is always fantastic and in this case we are going to be able to do it “, said the strategist, by the Ben Brereton and Enzo Roco casualties, although recovers Mauricio Isla, a benchmark of the Chilean team.
With 16 points, Chile is fourth in the standings, four units below Ecuador, hence Lasarte’s assessment of “have the illusion that (the classification) is possible. Now we only depend on us, there is still a long way to go ”, he commented. (D)
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