In an exciting meeting of the South American Qualifiersthe selection argentina suffered a 2-1 defeat against Paraguay in the stadium Defenders of the Chaco. Despite Lautaro Martínez advanced to the Albiceleste With a goal, the local team managed to come back thanks to the goals of Antonio Sanabria y Omar Alderetewho was sent off in the first half.
This result leaves Argentina in one vulnerable positiongiven that Colombia could reach the top of the table if he manages to beat Uruguay in their next away game. The next meeting of the Albiceleste will be against Peruwhich will take place on Tuesday at the candy box at 9 p.m., in what will be his official farewell with the public in 2024. For its part, Paraguay will face Bolivia in a challenging match in The Highat more than 4,000 meters high, on the same day at 5 p.m. This meeting will be crucial for the aspirations in the Qualifierssince the Albirroja is located in the classification zone Worldfour points above Repechage.
“When you face the world champion in current level, in the validity of being the champion of the last two Americas Cupsto be the leader of the Eliminationwith players fairly awarded, with the hierarchy that this team has, with the best coach in the world, facing it from the humility and rebellion It was the most important thing,” he began his analysis Gustavo Alfaro.
The coach of Paraguayas is his custom, illustrated with a surprising phrase what the Albirroja. “There was rebellion against adversity, against the predictors of failure”those who sell announced fatalities. The soul of a player is so noble that it should never be considered dead. “Today we live this out of rebellion, to know that they never have to surrender” even though they did not go to the last three World Cups,” he said.
In this sense, he highly praised his team because they make “things very easy” for him. But he clarified: “They have until 12. They must rest because then they have to go to Boliviato the top. It is very difficult to get three points from Argentinabut we still don’t get anything. If what we did was important, it is not enough for us. We have to get a significant amount of points, but if the path is paved by these attitudes, by the rebellion“There is no doubt that we, the rivals and the entire country feel it.”
“They taught me to demand of them, to demand of them, to respect their nobility. They, at some point without saying it, demanded to be Paraguay again. It is not a criticism of the above, but rather feeling represented with what they were doing. And that is not about the forms, but about the attitudes. I always say if a teacher does not learn from his students, he is not prepared to teach. And these kids constantly teach me things. We are still far from the best version, but these guys also teach me that if floors did not exist before, because it seemed that the bottom where Paraguay continued to fall did not exist, now they are teaching me that there is no ceiling. They always want one more challenge to try to grow. That is a strong lesson that they left me. This must be taken care of, it takes a long time to build and destroy it, overnight.
“To survive in this field you have to kill your passion, that’s why it’s hard for me to shout goals. And when you see the people crowded together with the shirts, I am not the person who has the most people’s thermometer, the people’s feeling was to be with the Paraguay shirt. And I saw a lot of little kids, I saw myself on Rafaela street watching the teams we aspired to reach. How can you not wink at passion when these things that move you manifest themselves in that way?
“The Paraguayan taught me a lot. Many times we coaches say that we don’t have time to work, practice, teach and test. They are truths if you want to half. I did not and do not have time to work. But they taught me that there is a predisposition and attitude to rally behind a feeling, not behind an idea. When the predisposition is so great, the devotion to the feeling is so great, the desire to reverse adversity is so great, time is secondary.”
“I told them this is a match to imitate the world champion, his vocation to win, the forms, the way of fighting, the generosity and humility. We are Paraguay but I told you that on many occasions they showed me traits that I have seen in Argentina. The problem is continuity. I demand and demand and ask because I feel that on the other side they demand, ask and demand. I feel like I have to be the best version of what I can be as a coach to live up to the demand of the boys. It is a round trip.”
“I don’t know if we deserved to win it today. We played well and were effective. We have virtues and it is something that is felt. They scored the goal for us and when I looked at the players among themselves they said ‘calm down’.”
“What hierarchy does that boy have (for Sanabria). I saw Toni score goals like that. The p… who gave birth to him, the 9 that we have… Lautaro’s (Martínez) goal also, he did like that, he outlined himself and put it into the small net. That is hierarchy, I surrender against the evidence of hierarchy. That was what Toni did and the second goal was sought. What a remarkable goal, we knew it was difficult, but we had what we had. If we managed to get Argentina to back down we were going to create problems for them. I perceived that from the first moment.”
