translated from Spanish: Pizzi’s assistant denies DT marginalizing Diaz for leaking information

Manuel Suárez, technical assistant to the former national selectionist, Juan Antonio Pizzi, referred to marcelo Díaz’s marginalization of the national team and denied that it was for leaking information. “I’m desinging it. Pizzi pulled Marcelo Diaz off the team for a technical decision, not because he leaked information. If it were for that reason, Pizzi wouldn’t have it in Racing today,” he said. However, he acknowledged that they made the wrong decisions, which left Chile out of the World Cup in Russia. “We certainly thought we made some mistakes. Punctually, in the match we played in Santiago against Paraguay (defeat 3-0). We should have taken care of the tie. By that point, we would have arrived in Russia. But because we wanted to win it, we lost it,” he acknowledged. Finally, he also demined that the players have ended the coups on the camarín, after public criticism of Claudio Bravo’s wife was known. “No, in the camarín, when the match ended, it was not yet known of the famous WhatsApp. There were only regrets, anger and a brief speech by Juan Antonio saying goodbye because we knew we were leaving the national team. On the bus that took us to the airport and on the plane back to Santiago it was when we all heard about Mrs. Claudio’s statements, but there was no fight there,” she explained.

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