The Red leaves behind the bitter debut in the Copa America 2024 to focus on a bigger challenge: the match against Argentina this Tuesday, June 25. The team of Ricardo Gareca He has been in New Jersey since this Sunday, with the torn Diego Valdés in his ranks.
Also with them is the president of the Chilean Football Federation, Pablo Milad, who revealed a talk with the La Roja coach about what happened last Friday in Texas. In addition, he himself gave his impressions of what the duel against Peru was like.
“When a match happens and what was expected does not happen, the first thing is to turn the page, but also analyze what happened. That’s what we were talking about with Professor Gareca today (Sunday), very long. He has a very clear film about what happened,” Milad told D Sports.
“There is also a situation that all the players want to risk their lives in this championship and the levels of demand… we saw against Peru that several came out with cramps. That means that the match was very intense, very tight. There were many interruptions in the game and that hurt us,” he added.
“Now, we didn’t play a good game. In the first half we had some chances that we could have made and that would have changed the final result, but hey, the boys are fine, they are very excited for this match with Argentina. “They have taken it very seriously and know that they have to give everything and get a good result on Tuesday,” he said.
La Roja and Ricardo Gareca suffer for Diego Valdés
In addition to the big corrections he has to make about the debut, one of the things that Ricardo Gareca must define is who will replace Diego Valdés in the match against Argentina. Darío Osorio appears as the most suitable after the micro tear of the América player.
Valdés is ruled out against the Albiceleste and possibly against Canada in the group stage. He was at training this Sunday in New Jersey, but only as a spectator. Despite the harsh diagnosis, he will not be disaffected from the Chilean team for now.
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