A day of pure tension was experienced this Thursday in Calama, where the Argentina beat Chile in the framework of date 15 of the South American Qualifiers heading to Qatar World Cup 2022. The party was loaded by the complaints made by the Argentine delegation through social networks for not being received in the best way, although the Chilean soccer player Gary Medel He went out to add fuel to the fire.
In statements to the press after the game, the Pitbull He was in charge of responding to the accusations of the players of the team he directs Lionel Scaloni, who complained about the treatment received at the airport and at the hotel where they were concentrated.
“That also happens to us and we don’t say anything. They have to eat it quietly”, He said Average in dialogue with various media. The former Boca Juniors player, who currently plays for Bologna in the Italian Serie A, explained that the same thing happened with them in Argentine territory.
As explained Average before the microphones, the Chilean players had to live similar moments in the previous one of the date 7 of the playoffs, when there was a change of venue that also had consequences: “They made us go to Buenos Aires and then to Santiago del Estero. They do not have anything to say. They also make us wait three hours with the controls.”
In the pre-match Argentina won by 2-1 with goals from Angel Di Maria Y Lautaro Martinez, the members of the albiceleste team complained about the hours of delay, extreme security measures that they had to go through at the airport, such as the lack of water and annoying noises during the night at the hotel.
One of those who raised their voice was Rodrigo DePaul, who at the end of the match gave a press conference in which he commented on some of the adversities they went through: “They kept us almost three hours at the airport, not letting us go to the bathroom, making us put down all our bags after two and a half hours of travel. I comment, I do not say if it is good or bad. We arrived at the hotel, in the rooms it was between 30 and 32 degrees, the air conditioners were not working, we had to open the windows to sleep, when opening the windows there were sirens… People couldn’t sleep well. We got up and we had no water”.
Argentina, already classified to Qatar World Cup 2022, has achieved another important triumph to grow as a team, a fundamental victory despite the absence of Lionel Messi. While, Chile ranked seventh in the table playoffs with 16 points and he has to score points between now and the end of the Qualifiers to at least reach the playoff zone. He has three very complicated commitments left: Bolivia Y Brazil as a visitor, and Uruguay of location.
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