translated from Spanish: Rueda anticipated the next friendly crosses and explained absence of Vidal and Medel

The coach of the Chilean national team, Reinaldo Rueda, advanced in the present day “very contested” matches against Argentina and Honduras, in friendly stensiades framed on the FIFA date of September, and further explained the absence of Arturo Vidal and Gary Mede l for this Thursday and next Tuesday crossings. In making an analysis of the next rivals of the national team, the Colombian stated at a press conference that “they will be very much contested. Argentina has super potential, it proved with the payroll they made for these matches, with very high-trade players. About Honduras anyway. They are in a transition after 10 very successful years. They went to The Olympics, and World Games. It is very successful that a country like Honduras has gone to all those competences, with all the social problems they have.” Meanwhile, the coach of the ‘Roja’ was consulted by the absence of the ‘King’ and the new player of Bologna on the payroll, despite calling on this occasion references such as Claudio Bravo, Alexis Sánchez and Charles Aránguiz. “We all know the specific weight these team leaders have. But it’s like losing to win. Gary moved to Bologna at the last minute, in addition to his family theme. I need them, and I need them. It’s a risk to play without them, who are a fundamental pillar, but they need a space to start their leagues well,” he said. “In March we will enjoy them. I like to invest, and it’s a subject I dealt with with them. Some asked to come, and I thought it was best for them to stay. I hope this is justified,” he supplemented. Regarding the new names that appear in this call, such as Christian Bravo (Montevideo Wanderers), Tomás Alarcón (O’Higgins), José Bizama (Houston Dinamo), Guillermo Soto (Palestino), among others, the former coach of Colombia, Honduras and Ecuador he noted that “before the Copa América he wanted to have Christian Bravo for what he did in Chilean football and for his regularity. But there was Joseph Peter (Fuenzalida) who has given us so much. But the idea is to increase the spectrum of players. It’s a long road. Of those of us who went to Austria, I have missed several. I only have eight. I’ll keep looking.” In addition, Rueda took aim at the main debt that the ‘Red’ has today. “Chile’s top benchmarks are not headlines. What is the Chilean goalscorer abroad? Today I saw Marcelo Salas and said ‘Late I met you’. How I would have liked to have a player who scored 20 or 30 goals like him,” he said. Faced with new names and the absence of important men, the Cali-born was asked how he will arm the team for upcoming friendly challenges. “That’s my responsibility, more so when we play these friendly ones who have several preparation and evaluation adjectives. We’ve got a few days. That’s why you have to synthesize a lot, and skip a few steps. You have to think directly about the competition, and it depends a lot on the tactical memory of the players. You have to get the ones that best complement each other. Except for two or three cases, they all come to act regularly,” he concluded.

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