translated from Spanish: Karen Araya and the repechage with Cameroon: “We are on a very good level”

Karen Araya, a midfielder for the Chilean women’s soccer team, spoke on Monday of what will be the repechage against Cameroon to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.At a press conference, the player stated that “despite the time that had to be postponed (the match), this helped us improve. We trained in the same way, we kept working, thinking that you could play this repechage match at any time, and that’s what we’re ready for.” On a lively level, we are with the same desire, the same illusion as ever, to be able to play this match and to qualify for the Olympic Games,” he complemented. Consulted for the arrival of Francisca Lara and Christiane Endler, Araya argued that “they are all fundamental, they are just as important. It would have been unfair for some of our colleagues from abroad to stay out (of repechage) for any reason.” We are happy that they have joined as soon as possible, that they have the possibility to be here and that they add up to the team, which is the most important thing,” he added. On the importance of the plays prepared for this confrontation, the steering wheel stated that “we have had a previous job and we will always work on these things that are as important in women’s football as are the balls stopped.” In this line, he argued that “it is essential for us to work it in a good way, to score stopped ball goals and not to be converted goals by this route”. On the Africans, the national team explained that “their most important weapon is the speed they have in attack, the physical work they manage to reale on the field and I think that is their great strength”. Despite the above, Araya stated that “we are on a very good level, despite everything that happened with this pandemic, that we had to stop training, that the return cost us a little, we are on a very good level. I hope to win the matches and qualify for the Olympic Games, which is what we all want.” It should be remembered that the Chilean women’s football team will face in back-and-forth duels their cameroonian similar for a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics, in comparisons to be played in Turkey on April 10 and 13 next.

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