Chile National Team Coach Martin Lasarte: “A Clear Penalty On Inter’s Arturo Vidal”

Chilean national team head coach Martin Lasarte feels that his side were hard done by in last night’s World Cup qualifier against Brazil, and that a penalty should have been given for a challenge on Inter midfielder Arturo Vidal.

Speaking after the match, as reported by L’Interista, Lasarte gave his view that the 34-year-old was fouled in the penalty area, and that it was wrong for no penalty to have been awarded.

Chile lost last night’s match by a scoreline of 1-0, reflecting a competitive match, and the manager feels that they should have had a chance for a better result in the form of a spot kick.

After Vidal was brought down in the penalty area by Brazil midfielder Casemiro the referee waved play on feeling that the challenge had been a fair one, but Lasarte is of the view that the Inter man had been fouled by the Brazilian.

“In my opinion, it was a penalty on Vidal and it was clear. Apart from that, we dropped off a bit after a very good start, but overall the performance was there.”