ANDThe match between Colo Colo and River Plate, in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals, was heated. The 1-1 draw on Tuesday in Santiago de Chile left the series open and on September 24, at the Monumental de Núñez, it will be known who advances to the semifinals.
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After the draw, midfielder Arturo Vidal, now a Colo Colo player, further heated up the atmosphere for the second match and made digs at his rivals.
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“We played a great game, we were more intense than them. We never gave up, it was not possible, but there are 90 minutes left. We are going to go to Buenos Aires to play for our lives,” he initially told ESPN.
The action in which they asked for a red card for Miguel Ángel Borja.
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Arturo Vidal’s heated statements about the River Plate squad
But then, Vidal went all out against the River players, when he was asked about the difference in ratings between the Argentine club’s squads and that of Colo Colo.
“You are talking about economics. We are not going to compare my price with theirs now. If we look at titles, I have more titles than all of River’s players. Let’s be honest, they got through here just like us, winning both games in the round of 16. That’s why the game was so even today, but we were superior, they miraculously got a draw,” Vidal shot.
“We still have the away game and we are going to go there with a lot of confidence,” added the midfielder, who last week was involved in another controversy, this time related to the Chilean national team and its coach, the Argentine Ricardo Gareca.
After the surprising defeat in the qualifiers against Bolivia at home, Vidal had criticized Gareca and said that he would not have taken out his predecessor, the also gaucho Eduardo Berizzo.
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