Chile failed in its Copa América debut against Peru. Ricardo Gareca’s team tied without goals and got tangled at the start of the contest. A cast that seemed lacking in ideas and also tangledespecially in the midfield, where neither Erick Pulgar, Marcelino Núñez nor Rodrigo Echeverría shone.
The team lacked depth at all times and on Twitter they immediately began to look for culprits: The most targeted was Ricardo Gareca, especially for his decision to leave Arturo Vidal out of the call. The King’s absence immediately became a trend on the social network.
Ricardo Gareca is beaten for Vidal’s absence in the Copa América
“That’s why Alexis Sánchez will never, ever be Arturo Vidal. He may be talented, but he is not a leader. If they don’t touch it he recriminates his team, when he has a pass he looks for the individual and when he gets lost he disappears from the games. Vidal? He won games for you injured, Alexis didn’t“said a Twitter user comparing both.
“Forgive them Arturo Vidal, they don’t know what they’re doing! On your boat, always. I hope Gareca realizes that hierarchy is not negotiated,” said another. Meanwhile, one took it upon himself to criticize Darío Osorio indirectly: “Arturo Vidal seeing who is now number 8 in the national team,” accompanied by an angry King.
“It is understandable that we give ourselves the luxury of leaving Arturo Vidal out, seeing this ordinary and bloodless midfield“, they added. Without a doubt, the Colo Colo midfielder was one of the most mentioned names of the night after La Roja’s pale draw.
The truth is that La Roja will have to manage without King in the rest of the Copa América. One that started out crooked after the draw against Peru and that they will seek to amend in the next two games. The next one, a very complicated one, against Argentina.
Vidal at all times showed his desire to be in the competition that saw him shine in 2015 and 2016, but finally Ricardo Gareca’s decision was different and the King will watch the tournament from Santiago. ““It was a football decision,” the white player said in a press conference.
In any case, Vidal has not hidden his desire to wear the Red again and was willing to do so in the Qualifiers., once the Copa América is over. There, Gareca must once again make the decision of whether or not to have the player who has given Chile the most joy in the last decade.
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