translated from Spanish: Authorities fired La Roja ahead of his trip to the Olympics

This Friday, Pablo Milad, president of the ANFP and the Football Federation of Chile, and the Ministers of Sport, Cecilia Pérez, and of Women and Gender Equity, Mónica Zalaquett, dismissed the women’s soccer team that will compete in the next Olympic Games in Tokyo.On the occasion, Milad said he was “proud of you, you marked a change of course” , along with adding that they “have suffered discrimination and have overcome barriers.” For the same reason, the helmsman of national football assured that the players of the “Red” will “make history, regardless of how they do in the Olympic Games, they have marked a milestone”. Likewise, Minister Zalaquett stressed that the women’s team going to the JJ.OO. is “something historic and maybe you do not measure it””The Chilean woman can. You are opening an important path for the construction of society, where there is equality,” he added. In the same vein, Minister Perez maintained that “it fills us with pride as a government to be at the right time. 58 Chilean athletes will go to Tokyo and 37 will be women.” For his part, the DT of the national team, José Letelier, thanked the paoyo of the authorities, indicating about his pupils that “these girls are characterized by the delivery and leave everything and that we guarantee”. In addition, he explained that “it is always complex to determine a squad, especially when there are important players who were left out. We think we have the best 22 in Chile here.” In turn, the captain of the “Roja”, Christiane Endler, said that they are “proud to represent Chile in the most important instance of world sport.” We have achieved important things. To play first a World Cup and now an Olympic Games, we are proud,” added the goalkeeper of Olympique de Lyon.Endler stressed that “we can not promise a medal, it is very difficult, but we will go with everything. We’re going to leave everything on the court like we’ve always done.” Having played a World Cup makes us face these matches calmly. We can be a surprise at the Olympics,” said the goalkeeper. It should be remembered that Chile will be part of Group E in the five-ring event and will face Japan, Great Britain and Canada in the first phase. The premiere will be before the Europeans on July 21, at 03:30 hours in Chile, in the Dome of Sapporo.After that, the “Roja” will see the faces on July 24, and in the same enclosure of the debut, against the Americans (03:30), closing on the 27 of this month against the hosts in the Miyagi Stadium (07:00 hours of Chile).

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