Hello friends, good vibes to all.
I thought a lot about writing these lines for fear of always falling into the same thing, but the situation warrants it, this will end up being an unloading or venting for the lousy and poor image that the national team gave in Chile on Tuesday. Unfortunately this feeling is not new, it is one that has been repeated throughout history, especially in the qualifiers for Brazil 2014. On that occasion our executioner was Paraguay, we had to win to get into the playoffs and we couldn't, it ended 1-1; and the second case was against Bolivia in La Paz, we were winning 1-0 but thanks to the “great” Renny Vega we lost the victory and we ended up tying as well. The Vinotinto has never had the mentality to face the big matches or at least the most transcendental ones.
The numbers are lapidary: more than a year without winning, that translates into eight dates; Paraguay had only 2 goals in the qualifiers, they scored 2 in one game; Bolivia had only won one game, they beat us 4-0 and on Tuesday Chile scored four goals against us when they had only scored 5 in the whole qualification. And this is not to mention that we could not beat Uruguay, who came with up to 11 substitutes, nor the worst Peru in the last few years. Something is going on, both tactically and mentally, that is not allowing us to achieve the big matches. Bad field position, bad reading of the changes, terrible planning of some matches (in El Alto for example) and little self-criticism from the TC.
Let's continue with more numbers so that you, my friends who read me, understand the magnitude of the failure, so far, of these qualifiers. We are the worst team, out of the 10 South American teams, in terms of performance after the Copa America. We are in last place with only 3 points obtained, that is, three draws. I say this because many people said that the Copa America was not the real objective, that this competition was to prepare and condition the national team for the rest of the qualifiers. Well, here we are, with no preparation and no apparent planning. This seems like a horror movie script but unfortunately it is not, it is the reality that cycle after cycle La Vinotinto has had to live.
Having a bit of context, we should talk about what happened on Tuesday night. Venezuela arrived with some casualties, as I said on Monday in this same space, it was known that we were going to suffer but the truth is that I did not think that we were going to suffer in the way we did. Without fear of being wrong, that match was one of the worst that the national team has faced in these qualifiers, there is absolutely no one who can be saved from the embarrassment of those 90 minutes. Tomas Rincon is a man with a lot of weight in the locker room but his game was depressing and ineffective, I hope it has been made clear that the captain is not ready to be a starter, for an age issue of course. The position of Brujo Martinez was another mistake, he is not a winger but he played there leaving Rincón alone causing that midfield to be a highway for the Chileans.
Inattentions in the defense, one of the sagas that had looked more solid, failed again with errors in marking and filling spaces; Miguel Navarro again had another game to forget, out of 5 games he has one good and 4 bad and it is because of him that at least 3 goals of the Chileans came. But here we must make a caveat, with Soteldo we gained a lot of offensive imbalance but we are naked in defense because he does not go down to support, in this case Navarro, and that is a problem because it has been a constant. Machís was crucified against Paraguay for much less. This is why I am talking about self-criticism. The thing is that on Tuesday Venezuela did not play at all, there has always been an improvement in the second 45 minutes but this time we saw a setback, a broken team mentally, psychologically and football-wise.
For this server, the World Cup train has left us. It is true that there are 6 games left, 18 points at stake and mathematical chances, but looking at the panorama, a cataclysm would have to happen within the national team to see an improvement. Paraguay is the best example, it was a completely lost team, Mr. Alfaro arrived and look where they are and how they are playing. Of those 18 points, you have to get AT LEAST 10 to be calm. Is such a feat possible with the level we are seeing? - The future will tell. For now, until March we will not have more action, I hope that these 4 months there will be an examination of conscience and we can stop this humiliation and shame that we are witnessing in every game.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos leemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡Hugs to all, see you next time!
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Defensivamente el equipo fue horrible y más cuando hay bajas en el medio campo sea por lesión (otra vez) de Yangel, la suspensión por tarjetas de Cásseres (otra vez) o jugar con el limitado Brujo Martínez y lo de limitado no lo digo solamente por la lesión, sino que no ofrece nada futbolísticamente, sino es correr y presionar, pero cuando no puede hacer eso, entonces se convierte en la nulidad personificada, a eso sumo a Rincón que no puede quitar el puesto a ningún otro jugador jóven, ni en la titular, ni en la banca y el poco o nulo compromiso de defender por parte de Soteldo, Savarino y el mismo Segovia y seguro diran "Soteldo no esta para defender, pero debe convertirse en el primer defensor y presionar a la defensa rival.
Lo de Chile fue un mega desastre, las convocatorias deben cambiar, debe haber más opciones porque con la que se hizo este año, no se ganó nada.
Yo no veo a la gente criticando a Soteldo que cuidado no hizo un partido igual o peor que Machis. Entiendo el tema de la calidad ofensiva pero hay que colaborar y Soteldo no es la primera vez que no aporta nada defensivamente. Lo de Rincón fue víctima del esquema del Bocha pero es lo que comentas, hay jóvenes que podían haberle dado otra cara a ese medio campo. Lo he dicho siempre, el tiempo de Tomás se terminó, solo para los últimos 10 minutos y si acaso.
No existimos contra Chile, la peor Chile en años. Tiene que haber un reseteo importante si se quiere seguir peleando.