Martín Lasarte after defeat of Chile: “Now we have to go to Bolivia to win, we have to go and look for that result”

The Chilean team suffered a hard fall against Argentina in the Zorros del Desierto de Calama. The height was not a factor and with this defeat the red one moves further and further away from Qatar. Martín Lasarte is aware of that, which is why in the post-match press conference, he referred to the need to win in the next match against Bolivia.
“It was a match for a draw, it wasn’t for losing. We made a mistake and had a couple that we didn’t materialize. I think Argentina has a good team, not only because of the players, but also because of the idea. So and so he threw the ball into the grandstand. For us it is little because we need to win. Now you have to go to Bolivia to win. We have to go and look for that result,” Lasarte said.
On the factor of the height of Calama, Lasarte indicated that “we were a few days longer than Argentina, we did not arrive a month ago. It cost us at first, as it also cost them. I saw the team well, perhaps we lacked precision in specific aspects. I don’t think height has been an issue, we’re adapting for what comes next.”
When asked why Bravo’s change took so long, he said that “it took what we understood should be delayed. I wasn’t sure what was happening until they told me what had happened. The discomfort, the great pain. I yelled at him and he gestured at me, then it was Bryan (Cortes)’s preparation to come in.”
Regarding the departure of Marcelino Núñez and the entry of Joaquín Montecinos, the strategist said that “Marcelino made a great game. In the idea or in the function of trying to look for something you have to sacrifice something, that’s why we made Mauricio (Isla) and Joaquín (Montecinos) enter to make that lane more dangerous. Then Argentina made a change to block that. Trying to find something else, the sacrificed one was Marcellin.”
Physical condition of Bravo and Mena
The preliminary diagnosis of Claudio Bravo’s injury is not encouraging and so stated the Uruguayan coach. “It’s an injury that’s going to prevent him from playing the other game, that’s things about the Playoffs, like suspensions and injuries. Unfortunate because he is the captain, but there is confidence in the one who enters. He will surely do very well.”
He also referred to the state of Eugenio Mena, pointing out that “he suffered some muscular difficulty in the week before coming, in a training in Racing. Anyway we brought him, he was close to arriving. We hesitated at the last minute, but to put him to compete was to lose him in other matches. Now we want to get him back so that he is at 100 for the next game.”

Original source in Spanish