The Chilean national team face this monday their first friendly of the year 2023. The national team receives Paraguay with the objective, in addition to achieving the victory that has been so elusive in the process of Eduardo Berizzo.
There are seven parties under the direction of “Toto” in which the Red has not been able to win. Among those matches there are three draws and four defeats, a rather negative streak that is expected to be broken once morest the “Albirroja”.
In the closest memories in this era of Berizzo are the defeat once morest Poland and the goalless draw with Slovakia, both games last November. For this reason, the “Everyone’s Team” intends to turn around in this new year and begin to achieve results that will boost morale.
Some members of the Golden Generation like Claudio Bravo, Alexis Sánchez, Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel entered Berizzo’s squad for this match, while on the other hand names of the “replacement” are repeated, such as Marcelino Núñez, Gabriel Suazo, Víctor Méndez and Ben Brereton.
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One of Berizzo’s plans is to start giving more prominence to the new breed in La Roja, something that he emphasized in the press conference prior to facing the Paraguayans. “The new players are going to be the future and we must support and solidify that aspect. I agree that they will be the future reality living through a selection process like the one they are in, also nourishing themselves from the Golden Generation,” he said.
Thus, Chile is expected to form with: Bravo; Guillermo Soto, Paulo Díaz (or Matías Catalán), Guillermo Maripán and Suazo in defence; Gary Medel, Victor Mendez, Arturo Vidal and Marcelino Nunez in midfield; leaving in attack Alexis and Brereton.
For its part, Paraguay reaches this commitment with the need to recover a better image thanks to Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The “Twin” also took over the leadership of the team last year, but he has not had the best of luck.
In fact, the Guarani they did not win at the end of last year in their friendlies, having a draw once morest Morocco and losses once morest Peru and Colombia.
The duel between Chile and Paraguay will be played This Monday, from 9:30 p.m. in the Monumental Stadium. You can follow all the action with the coverage of Outdoors in Cooperative and the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.
