September 8, 2024, 4:50 PM
September 8, 2024, 4:50 PM
The Bolivian football team left the country and went to Chile, where on Tuesday, they will face the representative of that country, for the eighth date of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Santiago, starting at 5:00 p.m. (HB).
The Verde delegation, which concentrated in La Paz for the double date of the September Qualifiersarrived in Santa Cruz on Saturday night and in the capital of Santa Cruz he held a training session, which took place this Sunday morning at the Oriente Petrolero field.
The bus that transported the national team could not reach the entrance gate of the training site and the players had to walk half a block, which It was taken advantage of by the fans, Mostly children, to ask for autographs and take photos with the players.
The work led by coach Oscar Villegas was behind closed doors and the media were only allowed to record images of the first 15 minutes of the warm-up.
“After having played a good match (against Venezuela), Obviously you have to maintain a balance of intensity, “We’re playing good football, trying to get a result, which is what we all want,” Villegas said before practice.
The coach did not reveal the starting team which he plans to present in Santiago, but it is likely that Carlos Lampe, Diego Medina, Luis Haquin, José Sagredo, Marcelo Suárez, Roberto Carlos Fernández, Pablo Vaca, Gabriel Villamil, Robson Matheus, Miguel Terceros and Carmelo Algarañaz will play from the start.
Villegas did not announce the eleventhbut he spoke about the approach he will use on Tuesday against the Chilean team.
“We are going to plan a match in which we are going to try to keep our goal at zero and When we have the ball, try to be offensive.“, added the coach.
La Verde went to Chile very motivated, lafter the 4-0 thrashing they gave Venezuela on Thursday at the Villa Ingenio Municipal Stadium in the city of El Alto.
The Bolivian national team delegation had a previous stopover in Asuncion, Paraguay, before his arrival in the Chilean capital.
