The Chilean National Team On this day he will begin his expedition in the United States and will hope to be able to have a great performance in what will be this new edition of the Copa America 2024which will be the first great challenge for Ricardo Gareca on the La Roja bench.
Prior to this competition, in our country there was a tremendous debate regarding the absences of players like Arturo vidal and Gary Medelwho are not present today in the Chilean National Team and given this, the former player Rodrigo Goldberg He commented on that on Radio Cooperativa, in which he agreed with the decision of the DT of Chile.
“I think no (he shouldn’t have gone), but not his level, I don’t think that’s why, here we can also apply the experience he has, the trajectory and all that which is very useful, especially in the Copa América, it is very useful. If you call Arturo Vidal and you end up not taking him, I think he hurts you more than not taking him,” Goldberg began by pointing out.
Adding to the above, the ‘Polaco’ highlights that this decision by Gareca to marginalize players like Medel and Vidal means a great vote of confidence for the newest players in ‘La Roja’ so that they can consolidate themselves in this new era commanded by the ‘Tiger’ in Chile.
“Taking Gary Medel and not playing him hurts you more than not taking him or Alexis Sánchez, any of the historical names, so what I believe is that not having him produces a liberating effect, in which the boys begin to to empower, to let others play, to not always give the ball to us.”
“For that, sometimes they don’t have to be there and they give the ball to Osorio and Osorio ‘now, you know that Vidal is not on the field, you make it (the play), they tell Valdés, Dávila, Marcelino “Let’s see what they are capable of doing without Vidal,” he said.
Finally, Goldberg hopes that with this decision made by Ricardo Gareca for this important competition, the players will take advantage of this opportunity in the Chilean National Team and show their conditions to establish themselves as the desired replacement for Chile.
“For that you have to take off the band-aid at once and that’s it, let’s do it once and for all, let’s see what happens, let’s see if these kids really have the capacity to arrive and say ‘ready, I’m going to take the ship now’ and that doesn’t happen.” You can do it with him at your side, nor on the bench, because he will be a constant threat,” he concluded.
