Only hours remain until O’Higgins’ debut in the 2024 National Championship. The celestials, who worked for just over a month to adjust loads in what was the preseason, are ready to undertake the trip to Copiapó and face their debut in the competence.
In that sense, and without injuries, the group is complete so that Juan Manuel Azconzábal can call on his best elements to go north to look for the first three points.
In this regard, and taking into account how to approach the match, Vasco pointed out that the ideal is that “the team does not have any problems when it comes to occupying the spaces on the defensive side and that it has resources in attack to create situations, as well as “It happened in the last game.”
What’s more, he added that, against the Copapinos, “we must have variants in attack and be solid at the back, then we will see if our idea can prevail for the 90 minutes.”
Let us remember that, in the last friendly, O’Higgins had Nicolás Peranic on the court in goal; Simón Contreras, Leonel Mosevich, Juan Ignacio Díaz and Pedro Navarro in defense; Camilo Moya, Juan Fuentes, Martín Sarrafiore and Bryan Rabello in the midfield; leaving Esteban Calderón and Octavio Bianchi on the offensive. That same eleven, it is very likely, will play on Saturday night at the Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla stadium.
Furthermore, he added that, regarding the rival, “we are not certain of what they may present, beyond the individual characteristics of the players”, because, as he stressed, “in the first matches there are blind dates, because one does not know what the opponent can present. Given that, we will try to ensure that what we have been working on prevails.” Of course, he clarified that, in this situation, “within the game, if one does not prevail, one must quickly modify what the opponent presents to him,” something he did precisely in the friendly against Magallanes, where he varied systems with the passage of the minutes.
In the north, there are three old acquaintances who wore the light blue jacket. Defenders Nicolás Vargas, Diego Carrasco and Yerko González are in the Basay squad, and at least two may be in the game on Saturday.
MORE REINFORCEMENTS?
In the press conference prior to the match, Azconzábal answered questions regarding the incorporation of more players, since there is still a foreign quota available. “We know that there is still the possibility of adding players and I already said it, we are welcome if it tells us something different from what we have,” he said, adding that “I am not the one who makes the final decision regarding incorporations. I do not intend to occupy spaces and neither does the institution, to bring in players who may not have the possibility of making a difference with the development of youth, because it would be going against the evolution of young people. If they are projected to reach the First Division, it is very important that they have a mentor, a player with greater experience to look at.”
The strike is over
The Professional Football Players Union (SIFUP), through a public statement, stated that after the determination of the council of presidents to modify the rule of foreigners on the field, leaving the bases with five starters and one substitute, that “we value that sanity prevails and decisions are made that do not threaten our activity, which is why, as a board of directors, mandated by our Assembly, we lift the strike.”
Likewise, they expressed that “we are convinced that increasing the number of foreign players on the field negatively affects the training of national players, the competitiveness of the Chilean team and does not guarantee greater competitiveness in our league. We accept that, this season, clubs can exceptionally enable 6 foreign players, with the aim of protecting our teammates who have a contract. From now on we will work to ensure that this number decreases and not increases, as was committed at the time by the ANFP.”
Finally, the SIFUP indicated that “we want to record and raise a voice of alert that there are institutions that only seek the well-being of their particular business to the detriment of the development of Chilean football”, darts that point to the clubs that voted against of the measure adopted by the presidents.
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