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The Peruvian team left empty-handed from their visit to the National Stadium. Those of Rímac fell 2-0 against Chile and could not cope with the great level of Arturo Vidal and Claudio Bravo.
After the meeting, the coach of the Inca, Ricardo Gareca assured that “the idea was to put pressure, to do what we did with Paraguay at the time. We saw the possibility, the team in its first two games scored four goals, it was not a problem to get there. I just think that Chile had a good first half, we couldn’t neutralize them, they made a difference there“.
Along the same lines, El Tigre recognized Chile’s superiority during the meeting: “Chile beat us well. I analyze it like this. In the first half, they were the ones who best handled the actions. If we made it through by finishing the first half, we got into the game, but it didn’t happen. Later, Chile closed the roads for us. Won well“.
The Argentine strategist recalled the previous duels with La Roja, where Peru was dominant: “We faced Chile three times with Reinaldo Rueda being the coach. They have always been an important team, they have always sought, they have always been respectful, they have great players. Today the possession was disputed, Chile got it right, they had a better start, they were more involved“.
Peru was left with only one point at the bottom of the table. This is why Gareca knows that they need to add three in their next match against Argentina: “We did not think we were in this situation, but it is our turn. We are not going to end the year in the way we thought but we will try to do it in the best way“.
On the other hand, El Tigre addressed Lapadula’s debut in the Peruvian front: “Lapadula doesn’t know anyone here now. It was important to give him time to adapt and support Raúl (Ruidíaz) who is doing a good job, even though he is denying the goal. Not because he summons someone he must play immediately, he must at least know his teammates and the South American qualifiers. Ruidíaz is an important striker for Peru, that’s why they insist on him. “
“For a player to function it must be a great performance of the team and today it did not happen, we faced a great team that surpassed us in the first half. We do not have saviors, what has saved us is the functioning as a team“, he endorsed.
