Chile already knows its rivals after the draw of the U-20 South American

La Roja was clbadified in Group A, while Brazil and Colombia will be among its competitors in the first phase. Rancagua has its headquarters, as well as Curicó and Talca.

Ricardo Obando

The coaches led by Héctor Robles, the group of 30 players who practice every week in Quilín, football fans and rancagüinos, were looking forward to it. Finally, after the draw of the Championship of South America U-20 "Young Americans" Chile 2019, La Roja met his rivals during the first round of the tournament, which offers tickets for the 2019 FIFA World Cup ™, Poland.

] In this sense, the national team, which will be local at the El Teniente Stadium during the event, was located in Group A, alongside Colombia, Colombia , Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia. Meanwhile, in Group B where Uruguay is leading the list, the other selections will be Paraguay, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru.

Regarding this initial ranking, the director of the national team, Héctor Robles, said that "we are ready to prepare everything in this tournament, we want to arrive in the best conditions, both groups are going to be very complicated. "

He also stressed that in this time of preparation, these teams were measured and that" we must think that we must arrive in the best conditions against the match against Bolivia. "

By the way, he pointed out that the opponents of Group A "are tough opponents, they have scrolls to spare, because they want to get ready for this tournament, and I believe that the experience at the previous tournament (South American Games), we will be very helpful. "

In the final preparations of the tournament, Robles said:" We have four friendlies left, with Paraguay and Uruguay, who in the group B. This will be very useful for prep aration, and we want to empower a group of footballers, not a tenth. "

In addition, he appreciated what happened this season in the national championship, the same in previous years, with respect to the U-20 rule." In this sense, he stated that " everything is positive to go forward with our young players, they won their place in professional football and we have a group that has been working for 20 months, aware of what we will face in January "[19659004] Finally, regarding the options for using the celestial monastery as a place of concentration, the coach of La Roja said that "there is no doubt that he will left the certainty of what O & # 39; Higgins and Rancagua provided in the conditions and places of concentration training. "

POSITIVE THINK

At this ceremony, attended by authorities of the regions O. Higgins and Maule, as well as current and selected footballers, the president of the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), Arturo Salah said: "We are grateful to the municipalities that have helped us in this task, both Rancagua and Talca and Curicó."
On the ball, said that the group that corresponds to La Roja "is difficult.Brazil is a power, Venezuela is the world's sub-champion of the category, Colombia is very developed, but we trust our selection for the preparation work done. "

At the same time, he said he hoped for success" a selection has been won – a World Cup after many years playing here, and we hope to achieve that goal. " participate in the World Cup in Poland and the Pan American Games in Lima. "
Finally, Hugo Figueredo, head of the competition at CONMEBOL, said:" This is the second largest tournament after the Copa America Chile has a proven track record, Copa America, Copa America Femenina and South America U-17 have excellent experience. "

GOOD EXPECTATIONS

For their part, three members of La Roja gave their impressions. First of all, striker Iván Morales (Colo-Colo) said: "We already know our rivals, we can review their preparation and find out what we are going to face during the tournament."

He also stated that Group A, "C is strong, the same as B. Each selection brings different things and we hope to get good results and achieve the goal we want."

For his part, Tomás Alarcón (O & # 39; Higgins) said that "the rivals are very strong, but we had the chance to face them all, we have what and we have enough desire to start the tournament. "

To conclude, Esteban Valencia (San Marcos de Arica) said that after this draw," there was a group strong enough, but this team is prepared for everything, we must reaffirm the l & # 39; idea and keep working. "

This South American Championship U-20" Young Americans "Chile 2019, delivers four places for the 2019 FIFA World Cup, Poland, and also three for the P Anamericanos Games of Lima 2019. The first of the contest, La Roja, will take place on January 17 in Rancagua, in front of Bolivia. That day will also play Venezuela and Colombia.

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