October 15, 2024, 11:35 PM
October 15, 2024, 11:35 PM
Óscar Villegas, Bolivia coach, said this Tuesday that the 6-0 defeat against Argentina It is a “very hard blow” for his team, which he considered “euphoria won” after obtaining three consecutive victories in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
“Let’s get up from this. This is a learning experience, it is a very hard blow,” said the coach in the conference after the duel against the Albiceleste in Buenos Aires.
“We are in a moment in which we have been overcome by euphoria and the feeling that we are too good, and it is not real,” added Villegas, asked about the drop in the team’s performance, which came confident after defeating Colombia, Chile and Venezuela.
The coach He also highlighted on several occasions the level of the Argentine team and Lionel Messi, who scored three goals and registered two assists.
“Today I have to fully assume the superiority of the rival and what Messi does on the field is really incredible, it is what makes the total difference,” he said, and described the Argentine star as “the best player in the world.”
He also highlighted “Argentina’s hierarchy when they have the ball” in attack and recognized that the plan he had devised to control Messi did not work: “He is faster physically and mentally.”
“We lost three points, we have to take it that way. It’s three points and now think about our next match on the next date which is Ecuador“Villegas added.
After this Tuesday’s defeat against the Albiceleste, Bolivia was in seventh position of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, so it is in a play-off position in search of classification.
