Ricardo Gareca and the harsh self-criticism after Chile’s elimination from the 2024 Copa America: “We are the most responsible”

the Chile team Draw without goals against Canada And he was eliminated from Copa America 2024. with Ricardo Gareca On the seat, ‘red’ He failed to qualify for the round of 16 and will now have to think about improving his performance before the qualifiers resume. South American Qualifiers 2026.

Upon his arrival in Santiago, the Argentine strategist spoke to the media, expressing his regret for what happened in the continental competition after they were able to add only two points as a result of two draws and one defeat.

“Logically, this is not what we went looking for. We went looking for the rating and it didn’t happen, I’m sorry because We had better expectations.“He said, ‘tiger’ When asked about the team’s performance, “southern”.

Likewise, he made a mistake and criticized himself after his team’s actions:We are the most responsibleWe are the ones who give an idea about the game, we are the ones who make the team and the changes, so we have a lot of self-criticism in that aspect.

However, he took the opportunity to highlight the great atmosphere inside. “I had better expectations regarding football. In The coexistence was very good.“I don’t need to highlight it. Just words of thanks. In football, we go into more important details, which are the national team and the performance, which we will analyze in more depth.”

In return, the 66-year-old coach targeted the Colombian referee. Wilmar Roldan After the expulsion of the Chilean Gabriel Suazowho while trying to cut off the dangerous attacking play, committed a foul very close to his area and ended up getting a second yellow card. In addition to that, he received an elbow to the face. Rodrigo EcheverriaWhich was overlooked by VAR technology.

“It seems like a hasty decision to me. In a game where there was a lot at stake. It seemed to me like a sprint between two players, and a collision was very possible, but you have to judge the intent. It doesn’t seem like the best decision in that regard because of everything that was at stake, and because of the time the match was taking place. “There was no aggression that could be explained, and in that sense it seemed hasty to me,” Gareca said.

For Chile, Roldán had an impact on the match and his decision was detrimental to their continuation in the competition, which is why the National Football Federation has decided to file a formal claim with CONMEBOL. “Moreover, of the nine matches that Mr. Roldán has refereed, the Chilean national team has only won once, which represents Strange statistic“, can be read in the document.

Regarding the goal drought “Southerners”The former Peru coach said: “This does not satisfy us. Logically, we need to score goals, they need to win, but in general The individual performance of some of the boys was significant.There are others who will have to improve of course, but overall we are more satisfied than anything else with the behaviour.”

Let’s remember that. Ricardo Gareca He was unable to be in the technical area against Canada due to a sanction imposed by the South American Football Confederation after one of its players left the pitch late in the second half of the match against Argentina. Regarding this incident, he said: ‘slim’ Explain what happened.

“The regulations are very strict. So Only a minute passed and none of the players arrived on time. The technician pays the consequences. We are trying to do everything possible. He pointed out that they are a long way from the locker rooms.