November 18, 2024, 7:57 PM
November 18, 2024, 7:57 PM
As required by the rules of the Qualifiers, Bolivia’s coach Óscar Villegas offered a press conference in advance of the match against Paraguay, which must be played this Tuesday, starting at 4:00 p.m., at the Villa Ingenio Municipal Stadium. from the city of El Alto, for the twelfth date of the pre-World Cup stage.
Villegas made important statements at this press conference, which took place in the Iberia Room of the Hotel Europa.
Among other things, he referred to the statements of the Albirroja coach, Gustavo Alfaro, who made reference to Villa Ingenio’s height on several occasions when speaking with the Paraguayan media.
1.- We have our game plan in which we are going to seek to penetrate Paraguay’s defense in that time, we have variables as we have had in previous home games.
2.- We are a team that has been developing well at home, that knows how to reach from the sides, knows how to triangle in the middle and has good mid-distance.
3.- I have heard a little (about what Gustavo Alfaro said), I believe that each coach has his position regarding what he is going to face… We respect everyone’s opinions, we are lucky to have been born in this country that It has a very varied geography and we are happy here.
4.- The team is very good, that’s what I can tell you, they have worked very well, of course any bad result hurts in some way, but in football the most beautiful thing is that after four or five days we have to play another game
5.- There is an excellent spirit (in La Verde), there is confidence, we know that beyond what people may say, we have been playing well in El Alto.
6.- I have not come to talk about Paraguay’s statistics, that is analyzed by the coaching staff and only some input is given to the players of what they can present as a team.
7.- Here in Bolivia they also say a lot of things (about height), so it doesn’t surprise me, it’s normal, in fact, I think it’s good that rivals talk a lot about height, because that is the message to their players, The more they feel in the head or talk about height, the better for us.
8.- Paraguay is a team that defends well, I can’t say too many things about how we are going to attack, but we have several options, we have variants, it is not a question of throwing crosses, it is not our thing, we are going to try formulas.
9.- When I started and they asked me if I offered to go to the World Cup, I told them that I only wanted to beat Venezuela, then Chile… then Paraguay. We have gone game after game, trying to do our best.
10.- We did well with young people, we did badly with young people, but we are trying to be consistent in this line. There is a Paraguay that has a great coach, who has known how to manage that group, because there were two coaches before who did not do well with this same team; here in Bolivia there were also two (coach), but thank God we did a little better, but with other additions and a different projection of players and I hope we continue to do this way.
11.- I think it is a good measure (to continue playing in Villa Ingenio), but the time may come when something different can be decided. I want to remember that we went there because the field was in good condition.
12.- If it bothers those who play outside of Bolivia to play at 500 meters more, it seems excellent to me, that they suffer, that they deny, that they want to hold a World Cup at 4,200 (masl), I have no reason to get angry, I want us to continue playing in Bolivia and that we continue winning.
