The Chilean national team This Saturday the option to qualify for the quarterfinals of the America Cup. They face Canada and La Roja needs a victory, in addition to Peru not beating Argentina, to get into the top eight of the competition.
The most likely rival in that instance would be Venezuelaleader of Group B with two wins in two games played. A topic that was addressed by Redgol with Leonardo Véliz and Jorge Garcés.
“It would be nice to play against the Venezuelans, although I don’t like the word revenge for what happened in the playoffs. They have won with football, they have Rondón and Soteldo in good shape, in addition to Eduard Bello who scores goals, Venezuela does a good job,” said Pollo.
Regarding what the clash against Soteldo would be, Véliz said that “we must not leave him room for speed, that is conclusive. In terms of skill, it is a lot of feinting and a lot of feinting, but Huaso Isla has faced players of that category without a problem.”
Soteldo is one of Venezuela’s figures in the Copa América
In fact, he pointed out that “I’m not worried about Soteldo, I’m more worried about Rondón’s aerial game, but Paulo Díaz and Lichnovsky have done very well in that aspect.”
No spaces to Soteldo
For Jorge Garcés, playing against Venezuela is an important squeeze for Ricardo Gareca’s team.
“It would be a good rival, a special one, because it is no longer the Venezuela of before. They have reached a solid performance and it would be a good squeeze,” said the popular coach.
Then he said that “the speed of forwards in the world is at another pace, at another level and Venezuela has players like that, like Soteldo. You have to anticipate these players, mark them closely, because if they control one-on-one it is complex. And even if you know their hook, you can’t intervene, you have to be on top.”
