The Chilean national team of Hernan Caputto start a new path South American sub 17. This Tuesday, from 3:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT), the national team collides with Argentina looking to start the final hexagonal of the competition on the right foot, in search of qualifying for the World Cup in the category.
La Roja got into this stage of the tournament after being in the second place in Group A with seven points, only three behind the leader Brazil and two units over Ecuador, which occupied the third qualifying box.
The Creole team has had a good run in the contest. Although they lost in their debut against Brazil, they recovered with a win against Uruguay and then defeated Colombia, closing the group stage with a disputed tie against the host that ended up crowning their advance.
“We are happy to be in the hexagonal and to be able to compete for the classification. We have been able to train twice, we have seen the fields and acclimatize ourselves. We will be up to the task and ready for the game,” Caputto said about the conditions of having to face the trans-Andean in Quito in this first hexagonal challenge.
It must be remembered that in this instance of the tournament four of the six participating teams remain with a quota to the World Cup in the category, another important point for Chile to obtain a good result against the Argentines, one of the candidates to fight for another of the tickets.
Diego Placente’s squad advanced to the hexagonal as the leader of Group B with 10 points, without registering defeats in a zone that it shared with Paraguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru.
The duel between the Red and Argentina will play this Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. of our country, and you will be able to follow it along with the Virtual Scoreboard of AlAireLibre.cl.