[ad_1]
The two defending champions are not among the favorites this time around having lost some of the players who took them to the 2014 World Cup and two consecutive Copa titles in 2015 and 2016. But Barcelona's Vidal is convinced that the remains of Chile's gold generation still have a lot to offer in this tournament.
"This team should be feared, from the beginning to the final. We hope it's going to be something extraordinary, but we'll take it on a case-by-case basis. " He told reporters from the Chile hotel in Sao Paulo, where they will play in Japan, tournament guests.
The Blue SamuraI brought an inexperienced team to Brazil with an average age of 22 years old. When it was announced last month, 17 members of the team had not yet reached a ceiling.
Takefusa Kubo, 18, is one of them. Since then, not only made his debut, but also signed for Real Madrid. "He's a player with a lot of quality, there's a reason he's at Real Madrid," Vidal said.
"We saw it, very well badyzed and we know how to stop this player" he added, dribbling wizard nicknamed the "Japanese Messi".
"Japan is an organized teamthey are fast and you have to be careful to focus and when they come play we must try to attack them very quickly because after they go in a 5-4-1 and it's really difficult to score a goal. "
After three years of unprecedented success, In 2017, Chile had a difficult time when it failed to qualify for the World Cup last year.
There have been changes since then with the goalkeeper and veteran captain Claudio Bravo, one of the players eliminated from the team.
"It all starts with a new one: a new process, new players, new coaches," Vidal said. who at 32 is one of the oldest players in the team of Colombian coach Reinaldo Rueda and one of six with over a century of caps.
"It took us several days to talk and clarify things."
[ad_2]
Source link
