The Chile team It is one of those that, hand in hand with Ricardo Gareca, will try to regain the privileged place it occupied in past America’s Cup campaigns. On this occasion, the United States will bring together the 16 participating teams, although the ‘red’ It is one of those that arrives in the best football shape. In that sense, Guillermo Maripan revealed the deficit that his team had and that the Argentine coach strengthened a few days before the debut in the continental tournament against Peru.
Before that, he left a message of calm in the face of a wave of positivism in his country that places the ‘mapocho’ team as one of the candidates to win the trophy. “We don’t feel like favorites, but we are very confident about what we have done. “We are doing a very good job, we have had three good games so we are very confident that we can pass,” he declared to the media in Texas city.
In the same way, the defense gave his opinion on the ‘bicolor’, who is not in a good football moment. For him, the contest organized by Conmebol gives it a special touch, so anything can happen.
“We know that the Copa América is a different championship, where many things can happen. We know the situation they are in, but that does not unfocus us “We are focused on our work,” he said.
In that, Guillermo Maripan recognized that the fact that Ricardo Gareca has directed to the peruvian team can be a benefit for Chili Take advantage of how to counter your strategy. “It has a lot of influence. He was the coach in the past, so he is going to help us perform well in the game,” he noted.
That was when the defender of France’s AS Monaco was asked what makes him different. ‘Tiger’ compared to other coaches who have had the ‘red’ in recent years. He noted that he worked on a deficit that now balances them as a team.
“Everyone is different. I think he has hit the key on an issue that was important for us and that was difficult for us, which was generating scoring chances and converting. That has helped us because, defensively, we always had good stability, but creating chances was more difficult for us. In that sense, he is doing incredible”
This significant change in chilean team It has made it more even in all its lines, generating good harmony between the players. This good relationship on the field of play has transferred to off it. As admitted by ‘Memo’.
“We try to play well, to do things well game by game. Also when we are concentrated for a long time This change is being generated in the environment, I think it is reaching a ‘peak’ where we do not have any problem. “We are fine, we have a good coexistence, so from that perspective we are very calm,” he commented.
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