The Colo Colo midfielder analyzed the La Roja match and fired again at Gareca: “Everyone adds up except Chile.”
Chile added a new defeat against Brazil by Qualifiers and continues to complicate their chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. As a result of this situation, Ricardo Gareca was once again the target of harsh criticism on the part of the fans and Arturo Vidalwho through his live broadcasts usually shoots at the coach in the middle of the games.
The Colo Colo midfielder, after being left out of the process, has taken advantage of his Kick account to analyze the duels and comment on La Roja’s performance with his followers.
Although he valued a large part of the match, highlighting the performance of Eduardo Vargas (scorer of Chile’s fastest goal in the Qualifiers) and his teammates in the Cacique, he also targeted Ricardo Gareca for specific events, that in his opinion, could have changed the course of the match.
Arturo Vidal’s harsh criticism of Ricardo Gareca after Chile’s defeat against Brazil in the Qualifiers
In this sense, King started by saying: “This party presented itself to get a point. Chile did a good job defensively, but someone was missing when it came to marking the times. I definitely didn’t like the changes.but I’m sure they deserved something more.”
After that, Vidal regretted Chile’s new fall against Brazil, which appeared with a team full of casualties. “This defeat hurts a lot, because Chile deserved at least a drawtake advantage of their bad moment and thus you could gain confidence. Furthermore, he added Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay and Ecuador, everyone adds up except Chile“, he explained.
In this context, he took aim harshly at Ricardo Gareca: “Why didn’t you make the changes at Halftime? “It can’t be this hole!” he expressed, alluding to how late Lucas Cepeda and Marcelo Morales entered.
To which he added: “I should have made the changes in the 85th minutestart to kill time, cool down the game, but no. He made the changes after 20 minutes and gave them life. If that’s what the changes are for, to cool down the game.”
“I can’t believe we missed this opportunity,” he said, and assured that the Chile coach “rushed through the changeshe should have put another midfielder, if we take away the edges, he should have closed the center, you bring out a forward and secure the game. We don’t need to play well, Chile needs results“.