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The noise of the penalty that the VAR did not want to see in Uruguay served as a distraction to the goal received then in the last play, that sin of a small or tender team, of not knowing how to save a result. And the defect of Thursday was reproduced yesterday against Colombia, with more noise if possible and without the balsamic alibi of the arbitration discussion. Suddenly, La Roja (the red-and-white now, at the whim of the brand that dresses her) came face to face with a problem to which reiteration removes the anecdotal feature.
The temptation in these cases is to resort to the helpful argument of bad luck, a common vocabulary among losers. But it is not a good portrait. Like teams that find the gift of scoring at the last minute, they are often endowed with convincing faith, cool blood, intimidation skills and good resources, the one who insists on fitting them against each other when the clock is about to strike reverses the qualities: the doctor diagnoses mistrust, nerves, fear and weakness. Imperfections that can come from the level of the players, the cowering hand of the coach or even the fragility of the shield. Setbacks that announce bad news.
Alexis, who is a great footballer and is definitely back, is clear about it. Blame Chile. You can’t make those mistakes, those gifts, those concessions that inevitably point to the office and hierarchy of a team. The Wonder Child reproaches the young for the childishness of the failures, for being soft, but he magnifies the blame on the structural nature of the country, for the lack of renewal. “I don’t see any,” he said about the lack of high-level youth in Chilean football. A hot statement that pits him against his peers. . And Paulo Díaz held it up for him ten minutes later. There is combat.
The fact is that Chile went wrong on the first double date on the road to Qatar 22. With terrible results, one point out of six possible, and contradictory feelings. With more content to regret than to applaud, which there was also (the virtue of getting up from adverse early results, correcting initial bad readings, some refreshing appearances …). Without the emotional and unifying impulse of arbitration injustice (paradoxical as it may sound), without victimhood as the driving force, Chile left in a bad mood from its outcome with Colombia. A team that had more quality and intention, which impregnates that tie with merit, but that achieved consolation when it should be prohibited. And without subjecting those of Rueda to a siege. It was more her own stupidity than someone else’s merit that changed the Red’s face. Steps further back and neglect of the second plays. Chile was able to annul the adversary and also to let him grow. He delayed his conquests after hours.
It is up to Reinaldo Rueda to detect what is happening and find the remedy. Conclude if the last minute shaking comes from his instructions or the naivete of the players and correct. Or establish, and convince the skeptic and pessimist, that what happened was occasional and not symptomatic. Neither are the surroundings to uncork champagne. For example, Uruguay, the feared rival that invited the staff to come up on Thursday, is giving alarming signs of an expired selection. But Chile looks fair. It is still Alexis, who has returned, Vidal, who never left, and little else. He misses the injured (too many), the public (which would also have prevented those continuous hysterical screams from the goalkeeper from being heard that now do not go out of his ears) and the plan. But above all a good watch, to show up on time for appointments and not leave them before they finish.
