Ricardo Gareca refines the final details for the debut of the Chilean team in the Copa América and does so making people talk. Claudio Bravo’s physical problems have left the goal vacant and Tigre has handed over the responsibility to Gabriel Arias, who played in the friendly against Paraguay and is set to start against Peru.
The surprising appearance of the Racing goalkeeper has generated a whole debate around Brayan Cortés, who was the head of Eduardo Berizzo’s process. And the one who came out with everything to defend him is Roberto Rojas, who went all out against the coach next to the RedGol microphone.
The former goalkeeper analyzed Peru, Chile’s rival in its debut in the Copa América. “These are moments that football has, there are decades when one stands out above the other, but it is part of football. They always had good football, it’s like us with teams that are wonderful and they have had great ones. Copa América is different from what they have shown, it is a new competition, there are seven games to give the maximum and they will not want to give that space,” he launched.
Along the same lines, the former goalkeeper remarked that the Red team is better, but one should not be overconfident. “Because of the performance of the last games, but I don’t know what’s happening with Peruvian football. Maybe they are going to look for strength where they have problems, they have always been a complicated team, but Chile’s level in the last games gives them a good result.”
Cóndor Rojas asks Gareca to put Cortés over Arias in Chile
Already entering fully into the situation of Brayan Cortés in Chile, Roberto Rojas threw himself at Ricardo Gareca’s neck for giving that place to Gabriel Arias. “It worries me because it is a decision that does not correspond. If in the absence of Claudio Bravo the starter was Cortés, now he takes him out and puts Arias in, which is a doubt because it is not known what performance he is in. It is a difficult question to understand.”
In fact, the Condor warned the Tiger that if the Racing man shows insecurity in goal again, he will have to put his chest to the bullets. “He has the responsibility of assuming what happens in the Chilean goal.”
Roberto Rojas did not stop there but insisted that someone else must be the starter for Chile in the Copa América. “You have to put Cortés if he was the starter when Bravo was not there, it was not Arias. Now he leaves it out, he is inconsistent in that sense.”
El Cóndor went further and said that “the technician has to give him enough confidence to put him in, he is responsible. I respect the decision, but I don’t understand why he puts Arias over Cortés.”
“It’s not that I like it or not, the inconsistency of the coach with a doubt like Arias to Bravo’s replacement… it is a doubt. Cortés saw him in the last games never compromise the Chilean goal,” he stated.
For now, Chile still has a few more days of work to define its starting lineup to face Peru. La Roja defines who will take Claudio Bravo’s place at a key moment, since he can mark what will be Ricardo Gareca’s process towards the South American Qualifiers.
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