the goalkeeper Claudio Bravo He had to retire injured this past morning during the game that chili lost 1-2 to Argentina and leave the red with minimal chances of qualifying for the Qatar World Cup. The goalkeeper of Real Betis He was replaced after conceding 1-2 after 35 minutes of the match, although by then he had already been injured for some time, as explained by the Chilean coach, Martin Lasarte, after the match. “The change took what we understood. I was not sure what was happening, until someone told me that he had warned of a great pain. I yelled at him and he made the gesture that I had to change it.”
The injury suffered by Claudio Bravo will prevent him from playing the next World Cup qualifier against bolivianext Tuesday: “I haven’t had a chance to talk to him. Knowing him, the circumstance that arose must be an injury that will prevent him from competing in the next game. These are situations that the qualifiers generate: suspensions, injuries. It will be time for another and, whoever gets it, he will surely do very well”, explained the Chilean coach Martin Lasarte, that during the game he substituted for Bravo giving entry to Brayan Cortés and now he will have to call another goalkeeper for the clash in Bolivia.
German Pezzella, a teammate of Claudio Bravo at Real Betis, did not play minutes in the Chile-Argentina match, in which Sevilla player Papu Gómez started with the albiceleste. His partner Acuña entered the 70 ‘instead of the end Nico Gonzalezwhile Montiel and Ocampos also did not enjoy playing minutes and the latter was not even on the bench.
Claudio Bravo he began playing 7 of the first 13 LaLiga games with Real Betis this season, although he was injured on November 25 in the match of the Europa League against Ferencvaros and did not reappear until last week, in the league match on January 18 against Alavés, repeating ownership in Cornellá against Espanyol last Friday. In the absence of knowing the real scope of the injury, and after what Martín Lasarte stated, it seems that he will have to be out for several weeks again and will miss the next important Real Betis commitments in February. This injury closes the exit doors for Joel Robles in this winter market.
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