Argentine coach Eduardo Berizzo affirmed that “everyone needs to redouble their efforts and commitment” to put the Chile team on track, whose leadership he has assumed since Monday in place of his Uruguayan teammate Martín Lasarte.
At a press conference at the Pinto Durán sports complex, La Roja’s headquarters in Santiago, the former coach of Celta de Vigo, Seville, Athletic and the Paraguayan national team said he learned from his recent frustrating experiences and is guaranteed that he was ready. to face this new challenge.
Berizzo left the Paraguayan bench due to disappointing results in the World Cup qualifiers and arrived in Chile, which also failed to meet the goal of reaching a quota in Qatar 2022.
“Efforts and commitments need to be redoubled. The frustration experienced in not reaching the goal requires it, to do more than we did, that is a first feeling,” said Berizzo, who started with his teaching career in Chile.
Grateful to Chile, where he started as a coach
“I am grateful to the country that gave me the job, my work experience started here fifteen years ago. I participated in the process towards the World Cup in South Africa under the leadership of Marcelo Bielsa and then I had the opportunity and luck to start working in a club here. There are many connections that bind me to Chilean football “, he highlighted.
Berizzo, who began his coaching career at O’Higgins, has expressed himself interested in establishing close communication and coordination with local clubs to promote renewal with the participation of new numbers.
“It’s our job to discover soccer players who are young and will also be part of this path,” said the former Estudiantes de La Plata coach.
The influence of Bielsa
“I’ve come to a medium that I know, I want to build bridges of trust and professionalism with clubs, that need a national team like the national team needs. We have to have good relationships so we can strengthen ourselves. “insisted Berizzo, who made recognition of the influence of Marcelo Bielsa.
“We have work out our methodology based on his teachings, but I am a different coach. I like to attack, be the protagonist of the game through the ball, recover it closer to the rival’s goal. In that I agree with Marcelo, who that’s what football thinks too ”, he says as an example.
Cracks in the last stages of their careers
La Roja closed out their participation in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in seventh place with 19 points in 18 games, with nine losses, four draws and five wins.
Qatar’s absence also marked the need to undertake a renewal of the squad that for many years has led in solid numbers and is now in the final stages of their careers like Alexis Sánchez, Arturo Vidal, Gary Medel and Claudio Bravo. .
Source: La Verdad
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