Bolivia and Chile arrive one point apart, outside the World Cup qualifying zone and with identical needs after falling in the 15th. date.
Due to hierarchy and close background, “La Roja” bears greater pressure in the search for the ticket to Qatar, which was seriously complicated after falling with “Albiceleste” in Calama, a venue with height chosen especially to exploit the local condition.
The experience in the desert was not good and the trans-Andean national team was placed in seventh place with 17 units, three from the playoffs (Uruguay) and four from the last place of direct access, which Peru occupies with 20.
His DT, the Uruguayan Martín Lasarte, assumed that the World Cup prospects are not encouraging but he did not give up the fight: “We have a chance, it is complicated, but it is,” he harangued after the team’s second consecutive defeat in the Qualifiers.
Chile, which was already absent in the last Russia 2018 World Cup, will face the last two dates in March against two greats of the continent: it will be a visitor to Brazil and a local to Uruguay.
In Bolivia, “La Roja” will have three significant absences: goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and striker Eduardo Vargas, both injured, and defender Guillermo Maripán, suspended.
Bolivia, eighth with 15 units, comes from falling by a landslide in Barinas in the debut of Argentine José Pekerman in the Venezuelan team.
Coach César Farías will seek a reaction with a team that could have up to six changes in search of three vital points to maintain their chances of reaching the World Cup, something that Bolivians have not experienced since 1994.
= Likely formations =
Bolivia: Carlos Lampe or Rubén Cordano; Luis Haquin, Jairo Quinteros and Marc Enoumba; Rodrigo Ramallo, Fernando Saucedo, Moisés Villarroel and Roberto Fernández; Juan Carlos Arce; Marcelo Moreno Martins and Bruno Miranda. DT: Cesar Farias.
Chile: Brayan Cortes; Paulo Díaz, Gary Medel and Benjamín Kuscevic; Mauricio Isla, Erick Pulgar, Charles Aránguiz and Gabriel Suazo; Marcelino Nunez; Alexis Sanchez and Ben Brereton. DT: Martin Lasarte.
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela).
Stadium: Hernando Siles (La Paz).
Start time: 17.
TV: TyC Sports.
Source: Ambito
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