El Salvador and Chile meet on Saturday at Bank of California in preparation for the World Cup qualifiers, with both facing critical situations. The duel will begin at 7:30 PM LA time (Fanatiz, FuboTV, Fox Deportes, Centro América TV).
The Selecta drew 1-1 in a friendly match against Ecuador on Sunday in Houston, while Chile saved a 2-2 draw against Mexico on Wednesday, although at times they played better than Tre and their striker Pablo Parra, who scored the goal. Who is equal to the 86th minute.
Chile is sixth in the CONMEBOL match, with the top four qualifying for Qatar 2022, with only four rounds left. La Roja has 16 points, one point lower than Colombia and Peru, who are fourth and fifth, respectively. Chile hosts Argentina on January 27 and then visits Bolivia on February 1 for the next two crucial days in South America.
Ivan Morales (11), of Chile, celebrated his goal with teammates Marcelino Nunez (10) and Clemente Montes (28) during the match against Mexico.
(Michael Thomas/The Associated Press)
In this round, the Chilean coach has a Chilean “B” team, but is made up of juniors, as seen in the game against Mexico in Austin. Coach Martin Lasarte was very impressed with the strength of his players against Tre.
“This match is tough because we don’t have time to train. For example, we are only training today in this game,” Lasarte said at the press conference this Friday in Los Angeles. “In football you always have to win, but if you hurry me I will tell you that our main objective is to observe. With that in mind, we will make some adjustments.”
Chile coach Martin Lasarte could use players he didn’t use against Mexico, such as Eduardo Villanueva, Bruno Gutierrez, Vicente Pizarro and Luciano Arriagada.
For its part, El Salvador is in a worse position, having lost three of its last four World Cup qualifying matches and is second after last in the standings with six dates. They lost 2-1 to Panama in their last match in the confrontation. El Salvador has tough habits when it visits the United States on January 27, then returns home again to Honduras and takes in Canada.
“The only thing I can tell you is that we will do our best to keep fighting. It is almost impossible for many people, but we play one game at a time. The first match will be against the United States and we have to,” coach Hugo Pérez said of the bleak prospect of the Cuscatelco team. To get there as best we can, do the right things to get a good result.”
However, a good entry is expected at LAFC, as happened in the friendly against Guatemala in the summer.
“We represent not only those of us in El Salvador, but those of us in the United States and around the world. It is a huge commitment and we want to support them because it is so important,” added Perez.
The only injured in El Salvador is Alianza FC defender Brian Tamakas, who was required to be able to integrate the call for the second leg of the 2021 Main League inaugural semi-final.
El Salvador called up Tomas Romero, the LAFC goalkeeper, who played the match against Ecuador.
El Salvador coach, Hugo Perez, described the Chilean national team, which does not have the majority of its stars, who are competing in the qualifiers because it is not a date for FIFA, as a team that presses well and is aggressive.
“They have interesting players, when you face teams of this level it is always good to get things that can help us, especially in January,” Perez said.
They were selected from El Salvador for a match against Chile:
Goalkeepers: Thomas Romero (LAFC) and Edgar Alguera (Philadelphia Union).
Defenders: Ronald Gomez (CD Aguila), Nelson Flores (North Carolina FC), Miguel Lemos (AD Chalatenango), Romulo Villalobos (CD Municipal Limeno) and Roberto Dominguez (Chalatenango).
Midfielders: Brian Landaverde (CD FAS), Eric Calvilo (Orange Country SC), Isaac Portillo (Alianza FC), Marlon Vargas (Seattle Sounders), Darwin Sirin (Houston Dynamo), Christian Martinez (San Carlos).
Forwards: Christian Gil (ADI Metapán), Joaquin Rivas (FC Tulsa), Jairo Henriquez (Aguila), Roberto Molina (Las Vegas Lights), Joshua Perez (Miami).
Those summoned from Chile are:
Goalkeepers: Zacharia Lopez (Deportes La Serena), Sebastian Perez (Catholic University), Eduardo Villanueva (Colo Colo).
Defenders: Gabriel Suazo (Colo-Colo), Sebastian Vegas (Monterrey, Mexico), Nicolas Diaz (Mazatlan, Mexico), Benjamin Kocevic (Palmeiras, Brazil), Bruno Gutierrez (Colo-Colo), Jason Rojas (Colo-Colo).
Midfielders: Claudio Baeza (Toluca, Mexico), Ignacio Saavedra (Catholic University), Victor Mendes (Spanish Federation), Marcelino Nunez (Catholic University), Pablo Parra (Puebla, Mexico), Vicente Pizarro (Colo Colo), Marcelo Allende. (City of Montevideo, Uruguay)
Forwards: Ivan Morales (Colo-Colo), Luciano Arriagada (Colo-Colo), Diego Valencia (Universidad Cattolica), Joaquín Montenos (Audax Italiano), Bastian Yánez, (Spanish Federation), Cristian Zavala (Deportes Milibela), Clemente Cattolica (Universidad Catulica). )) ).
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