With trophies in almost all the teams he played for, with the exception of Udinese, Alexis Sanchez is also part of the best generation in Chilean football, who have won the Copa America twice. Specifically, La Roja is not having his best moment right now … Even Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini’s name has been mentioned as a future candidate for the bench.
“There is no contact, but there were moments in the national team when we welcomed him and received some calls. He’s like, as I always say, Wenger, a gentleman, a gentleman. “I personally like him very much,” Alexis says of Pellegrini, who has already requested the Chilean striker for Betis in previous years.
“We are Chileans and we always have to support each other. I always stress that. In general, Chileans are not very supportive of each other in the world, and I think we need to do more. I see the Argentinian and Brazilian players and they are always united. I think we miss that a little bit. That’s why whenever I talk about him, as a person, from the little that I know and what we’ve talked about, he seems to me to be a serious person. “Leaving aside Sevilla or Betis, I’m talking about personal matters,” adds Alexis, who goes further in his thinking and reveals his vision for improving Chilean football.
“I think there is a lack of humility. Humility among the players, humility among the coach who arrives. And start from scratch. Rowing from scratch, like the first days when I made it to the national team. Lean on the bigger and the smaller. No, I will prevent this and I will do it like this. I think I’m the one who has been in the Chilean national team the longest, I know how things work from top to bottom, I know that. And if they call me, or Claudio Bravo as well, they can call him and help the national team,” analyzes Alexis, a football nomad who has played for the biggest teams and been surrounded by high-level coaches.