June 21, 2023, 10:59 AM
June 21, 2023, 10:59 AM
Bolivia equalized against Chile in an intense match, where La Verde dominated in the first half, and the visit did so in the second. Gustavo Costas saw many collective high points, some to continue adjustingbut he also pointed out the great figures left by the friendly.
“These guys make me proud. They did what they were asked to do, then we didn’t have gasoline (gasoline to continue). We have to continue like this, it’s the right path. We are on the path that I want, I am proud because they left everything inside”, began to highlight the selected ones.
More specifically, Carlos Lampe and Guillermo Viscarra are in the goal, and for Gustavo it is a “headache to decide one over the other (…) We have two goalkeepers that anyone is there to tackle. The Viscarra thing against Chile was spectacular”, said the DT.
Regarding the youth of Lucas Chávez, he reported that against Chile “Lucas Chávez made his debut and we all have to feel happy. He is a kid we trusted, and he played a great game. He had the clearest, we lacked definition in the first half. We also needed the midfielders to step on the area more,” he analyzed.
There was also praise for Marcelo Suárez, who returned to play at home in Tahuichi, after his departure from Oriente Petrolero. “Nobody talks about Marcelo, he is 21 years old and today he played a great game. He sent two cag… (between laughs) but he sent a great game, he played as if he were 30 years old in first class,” remarked Gustavo Costas.
There were also praises for the fan: “I want to thank the people for the support they gave the National Team.”
To close, Gustavo gave some explanations of the why he thinks the players ran out of energy about the ending: “We ran out of legs in the last 20. It is not an excuse, but we suffered the trip. We left the United States on Sunday at 5 in the morning and arrived at 10 at night, we did not travel first class. The boys felt that , and they made a barbaric effort”.
La Verde will have one more microcycle and a friendly with a rival to be defined. It will be before September, since in that month the Qualifiers begin and Bolivia is measured against Brazil as a visitor and Argentina as a local.
