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Originally Posted by Bjørn
A little bit worrying how much space Chile allowed in the 2nd half before the Vidal penalty. There were a lot of breakdowns so that can still improve and will have to against more consistently good opponents but attacking they're very entertaining as usual and created with relative ease against some actually pretty disciplined/strong marking mostly from Ecuador.
We didnt really have a DM yesterday. The five players that can play that role are imo Carmona, Pizarro, Vidal, Gutierrez and Medel.
Carmona is injured. Pizarro may be too old to cover a back 2 ( in Fiorentina he used to cover a back 3 in that role). Medel is better off playing as a defender because of cost of opportunity, the same with Vidal but attacking. Gutierrez offers way too little with the ball to justify putting him instead of Diaz or Aranguiz.
I think that against a stronger side Sampaoli will probably put Pizarro early in the second half and maybe give more defensive responsibilites to Vidal.
EDIT: FYI the players that played in the Universidad de Chile team of 2011 are: Mena, Aranguiz, Diaz and Vargas. Sampaoli has a soft spot for all of them. Albornoz and Pizarro could easily play over Mena and Diaz.