It is known that when Claudio Bichi Villages He speaks publicly, he is not shy about saying what he thinks, regardless of the caliber of his words and who he points at. The former soccer player and coach, who became a commentator on Chilean television, referred in harsh terms to his colleague Jorge Sampaoli, whom he described as having “very few values.” In the same interview, with DSports Radio, Borghi praised the work of Lionel Scaloni at the head of the Argentine team.
“I have two opinions about Sampaoli. The human one is disastrous. For me she is a person with very few values. He believes that everything can be done to achieve what he wants and that doesn’t seem like it to me. Even risking the physical health of a player for a match,” Borghi began without a filter. El Bichi and Sampaoli share a common trait: having been coaches of the Chilean national team. Borghi held the position between 2011 and 2012 and was succeeded by Sampaoli, who served until 2016, during which time he won the 2015 Copa América.
Borghi highlighted Sampaoli’s work, but returned to the charge on the human aspect: “On the professional side he did very well in Chile. He did very well at the University of Chile and later became champion of America, another great merit. I value people more than championships. I have the championships I won saved in a drawer and some remember them. What I always preach is that people are important so that others love us. Sampaoli will never have that. “He may have all the merits in the world and the medals, but I don’t think the Argentine people will walk by him and respect him in a good way.”.
It is not the first time that Borghi mercilessly criticizes Sampaoli, with whom he has an old dispute over working hours in Chile. In 2018, when the man born in Casilda had failed miserably as coach of the Argentine team in the World Cup in Russia, Bichi had stated in an interview with TyC Sports: “I admire Sampaoli very much, in my neighborhood we would call him a pig on top of the tree because no one knows how it got so high. I admire him because from where he came from to where he arrived, to do what he did, you have to be a very intelligent guy.” And he continued with some irony: “He doesn’t necessarily have to know about football, but he is very intelligent. Not only did he make it to the Argentine national team, but he He excited an entire town to be world champion without any type of project. To do that you have to be a very lively guy.”
Regarding the Argentine team, which beat El Salvador 3-0 on Friday night in a friendly in Philadelphia, Borghi was very complimentary: “When Messi is in the team you have more confidence, but Scaloni showed that he has the ability and players to make changes to the scheme when Messi is not a starter.”
He also dedicated words of encouragement to Ricardo Gareca, when he started as coach of the Chilean national team. “The Chilean team played very well yesterday with Gareca’s debut as coach. “El Tigre decompressed a little what was happening and listened to the players,” he said.