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Claudio Bravo, superb before Raúl Ruidíaz’s shot at point-blank range. The ball goes to the corner and the scoreboard for Chile continues without goals against. The fans from their homes celebrate, the players and coaching staff in the stadium, too. The Peruvians cannot believe their bad luck and are beaten to rest. Many signs of victory, but none more important and symbolic than the simple clash of hands of Arturo Vidal and Claudio Bravo at the end of the sequence. A common gesture of any football match, but in this case and for its protagonists, it delivered much more than that. And with a story behind that also gives relevance to Juan Pinto Durán.
Reinaldo Rueda himself gave it a fundamental value after the 2-0 victory against Rímac. “That is football, it is Arturo’s nobility, Claudio’s maturity and professionalism, that above the differences that have existed at some point, there is the shirt, the Chilean flag, his passion for the national team”commented the Colombian. And of course, if the DT had anticipated the need and importance of the two great spiritual leaders of the Red team back together.
In that sense, beyond football players, which is important to Rueda, the explanation of Beausejour’s return to the National Team also points to this handshake. The coach’s obsession with having him back also had to do with having that “thinking in the dressing room” nexus, as described by Juan Pinto Durán. An allied voice that would allow him to control damage if the blocks did not merge, as they did. Rueda did not fail to highlight the leadership work of Palmatoria, and finished it off with his vision of the symbolism of the gesture between Bravo and Vidal. “It is the importance of two different leaderships, but vital in the National Team, for everything they have achieved along the way. They have respect for the Chilean flag. I think that has been demonstrated after almost a year, when Claudio rejoined the National Team ”, said the Colombian coach, this Tuesday, at a press conference. “They have already shared in some games. Now it is very positive, because Bravo transmits security, confidence and strategy. Hopefully we all contribute so that that environment, that social environment and health, is the best,” he insisted.
Hours after the image in peace at the Nacional, another powerful signal came. From Bravo’s house, as happened on October 10, 2017 (after the defeat in Brazil that left Chile out of Russia), the wife of the historic captain of the National Team, Carla pardo, He returned to express himself on social networks. In another direction, yes: “When one has anger, grief and goes through personal things, heck, we say things without thinking and I should have thought about it a bit more. And not having written it because if it was going to harm Claudio I shouldn’t have written anything. It’s done and nothing. To turn the page because a lot of time has passed “, explained the footballer’s partner in a Live from his Instagram. And I add: “I never write something like that again, you learn from mistakes.”
It is not that now Bravo and Vidal returned to be great accomplices in the Red. King Arthur already said: “Friends we will never be again”. But there is professional respect. From the circle of Betis’ own goalkeeper they describe it clearly: “It’s something from the game. And a sign for the rest. There are profound differences in the way of being. It is to give people peace of mind. Without them two there is nothing. The outfield players realized that they play better with Claudio behind. They do it for Chile. Because it is the only way to win games. Nothing more than that ”, summarizes a person close to the player.
Alexi Ponce, sports psychologist, recognized for his work in team sports and in Team Chile, also gives it a value as a signal for the rest of the players, the old ones and especially the new ones, who encountered the conflict in this process: “For the companions, symbolically, it is calming waters. They (Bravo and Vidal) are the poles. It works like amalgam. ‘If they are in the good, we do not have to be in the bad’, they say. The sides disappear. It puts them all on the plane of collaboration, of cooperation. It’s a ‘it’s over’ ”, says the professional. Ponce emphasizes that in the end the professional must prevail or the objectives will escape: “A team does not need everyone to be friends, but rather to be committed to the same objective. Friendship is a much more personal area. It is not an objective of the National Team that everyone be friends. We suddenly overvalue friendship in a work group. In what they have to do, they are working. Friendship is a plus, but it is not a necessity “.
A former captain of the national team, Jorge Aravena, gives a similar vision: “Obviously more tranquility is generated. The other was an absolute mess and surely nothing was going to go well. If everyone realizes that the whistle is blowing and everyone is going the same way, there is a better chance of success. I had a teammate with whom we would hopefully greet each other, but on the court he was going to death with him. And the game ended and each one for his side.
Finally, there is the vision of Juvenal Olmos, the coach of La Roja, whose experience tries to take the National’s gesture much further than that simple squeeze: we understand. This issue was not resolved that day, in the game, with that clash of hands. They did it before, with Rueda, among them, with Beausejour, with Isla. What happens is that we hold that dispute responsible for leaving us out of the World Cup. And the guys took their time and resolved the conflict. “
The DT and radio and television commentator, complements: “The two put themselves in the role that Elías Figueroa had at the end of his career. They are on the top without exceeding. Making his presence weigh on the court. That made Peru out of tune. This is another Vidal. He understood that groups, disputes were not useful. It is better to be a united group. I would dare to say that it was what he lacked to define the dispute with Figueroa as the best player in Chilean history”.
