Recuperating from Chile Earthquake

Recuperating from Chile Earthquake
chile returned to stage the World Cup after a 12-year absence.The last time they played at the 1998 World Cup in France.

We strengthened Chile's Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano. Chile miss the World Cup in Korea-Japan 2002 and Germany in 2006, because only occupy pringkat nine and seven.

Best Achievement in Chile World Cup was in 1962 when they hosted. At that time the country occupied pringkat three. Achievement was entertaining the people of Chile who are in mourning after hit by an earthquake two years earlier.

In addition boasts made history, Chile World Cup was also incised disgrace to the history of the World Cup. Chile beat Italy 2-0 with the game not praiseworthy because it was flooded by a lot of offense.

Two Italian player Giorgio Ferrini and Mario David earned a red card. David removed from the field for kicking a player Chilean Leonel Sanchez, after Sanchez broke his nose Umberto Maschio.

The game was known as "Battle of Santiago." BBC calls it "the most stupid football game, horrible, disgusting and disgraceful."

Like the 1962 World Cup, this time Chile will also be competing in South Africa, having shaken by earthquakes. The quake was quite troublesome to prepare the team to the point that they have to delay some warm-up match before the World Cup.

Marcelo Bielsa's foster children believe they can repeat the achievements of their predecessors and able to go further.

Bielsa is a person who is responsible for the failure of Argentina in the World Cup in 2002. At that time Argentina were knocked out in first round of direct.

Bielsa nicknamed "El Loco" on "the odd", his demeanor and obsessive focus on discipline. Bielsa should be able to forget the bad memories of 2002, and amends it to do well in South Africa with Chile.

"I do not see this as a chance to avenge what happened to me in 2002. Nothing can I earn in the future which could remove that sadness. It is most important in the World Cup is to make sure the players are in the best performance and it depends on many factors.

Some of them you can control, but the results already achieved some of the players in the previous ten months. I hope everyone had come to Chile, "said Bielsa was quoted as saying fifa.com

54-year-old coach was just career as a football player for four years. Serious injury forced him to be hanged shoes at a young age, but he did not leave the football and began his career as a coach.

He was a hard worker and resolute, loyal to football tactics and a great innovator, a characteristic that made him popular in Chile.

Bielsa forces consist of the players that the average age of the youngest among the teams of other South American.

Chile strength rests on Matias Fernandez, Alexis Sanchez and Humberto Suazo. All three players had been playing in big club Colo Colo of Chile in 2006 and gave a big impact for the club appearances.

Fernandez is a skilled midfielder deftly executed free kick and a good pitcher, while Sanchez is a talented striker who is explosive.

The two young players that are part of the new seedlings are excited to build Chile soccer great reputation abroad.

While Suazo who is the attacker who had experienced a sharp and selected players. He was never crowned as top scorer in the world in 2006 by the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics), beating the world stars such as Peter Crouch, Miroslav Klose and Didier Drogba.

On the way to South Africa, Chile recorded 16 points from 33 points away, a pretty impressive statistics reaffirm determination of this South American team.

Chile became the second top scorer with 32 goals, in which 10 of them nested Suazo. Chile also reached 10 victories, more than its competitors in the zones.

Chile ranks second in qualifying, only a single digit odds of first pringkat Brazil.

This achievement is their best performance since the group format was introduced in the preliminary round, which was then enhanced by a spectacular victory over Colombia with a score of 4 to 2 October last.

That result marked the return of Chile to the world of elite sports arena with one game remaining.

At the first World Cup finals in 1930, Chile is one country that become participants. They managed to overthrow the Mexican and French, but failed to advance to the second round.