Bolivia held its last training session in La Paz with Ervin Vaca included

The Bolivian football team trained for the last time this Saturday morning in the city of La Paz, before traveling to Santa Cruz, from where they will be absent this Sunday in Santiago de Chile. La Verde will visit La Roja on Tuesday (17:00 HB), for the eighth date of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

The presence of midfielder Ervin Vaca was the novelty in the practice led by Oscar Villegas, at the Rafael Mendoza stadium of The Strongest, located in the Achumani area. The player was called up on Friday night due to the numerous absences that the team has in the midfield.

“First of all, I am very grateful to God, The truth is that (the call) comes at the right time, I am simply prepared for whatever the coach needs from me,” said Vaca before starting work with the Verde.

Before the match against Venezuela, they were left out of the Bolivian team Boris Cespedes, from Yverdon Sport in Switzerland, due to injury; in addition to ADalid Terrazaswho joined the ranks of the USM Alger club of Algeria and had to leave the training camp to put his documentation in order.

During the match against the Vinotinto, Henry Vaca suffered an injury, while Ramiro Vaca and Hector Cuellar They accumulated their second yellow card and were suspended for the match against Chile.

These losses caused the coach of the Verde, Oscar Villegas, to call Victor Cuellar from The Strongest and Ervin Vaca from Bolivar. Cuéllar already trained with the national team on Friday afternoon, while Vaca did so just this Saturday.

“Very excited, I think that’s what all the players are working for, to reach the national team and represent our country, which is what we want most,” Vaca added.

The young midfielder from Santa Cruz turned 20 in March, Since he was 8 years old he trained at the Tahuichi Aguilera academy, He went through the youth teams of Colo Colo and then arrived at Bolívar.

He revealed how he found out about his call-up to the Verde and who shed tears of happiness when Óscar Villegas’ call was made official.

“I was lying down at home and they called me to tell me that I had to show up at the training camp. The truth is that I didn’t believe it and I started crying with happiness.“, said the midfielder.

Upon arrival at the Bolivian national team’s concentration, Cow met a motivated group for the victory achieved on Thursday against Venezuela by 4-0.

“The team seems to be very motivated, I’m really looking forward to going to Chile and trying to bring back the three points… “They are all very young and there are a couple of people who have a lot of experience, so I think the team is very balanced,” said Vaca.